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<title>netfilter: nf_conntrack: destroy stale expectfn expectations on unregister</title>
<updated>2026-06-10T15:58:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Weiming Shi</name>
<email>bestswngs@gmail.com</email>
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<published>2026-06-03T07:38:17+00:00</published>
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NAT helpers such as nf_nat_h323 store a raw pointer to module text in
exp-&gt;expectfn (e.g. ip_nat_q931_expect). nf_ct_helper_expectfn_unregister()
only unlinks the callback descriptor and never walks the expectation table,
so an expectation pending at module removal survives with a dangling
exp-&gt;expectfn into freed module text.

When the expected connection arrives, init_conntrack() invokes
exp-&gt;expectfn(), now a stale pointer into the unloaded module. Reproduced
on a KASAN build by loading the H.323 helpers, creating a Q.931
expectation, unloading nf_nat_h323, then connecting to the expected port:

 Oops: int3: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
 RIP: 0010:0xffffffffa06102d1
  init_conntrack.isra.0 (net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c:1862)
  nf_conntrack_in (net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c:2049)
  ipv4_conntrack_local (net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto.c:223)
  nf_hook_slow (net/netfilter/core.c:619)
  __ip_local_out (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:120)
  __tcp_transmit_skb (net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1715)
  tcp_connect (net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:4374)
  tcp_v4_connect (net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:345)
  __sys_connect (net/socket.c:2167)
 Modules linked in: nf_conntrack_h323 [last unloaded: nf_nat_h323]

Reaching the dangling state requires CAP_SYS_MODULE in the initial user
namespace to remove a NAT helper that still has live expectations, so this
is a robustness fix; leaving an expectation pointing at freed text is wrong
regardless.

Add nf_ct_helper_expectfn_destroy(), which walks the expectation table and
drops every expectation whose -&gt;expectfn matches the descriptor being torn
down. Call it from each NAT helper's exit path after the existing RCU grace
period, so no expectation outlives the code it points at and no extra
synchronize_rcu() is introduced. With the fix, the same reproducer runs to
completion without the Oops.

Fixes: f587de0e2feb ("[NETFILTER]: nf_conntrack/nf_nat: add H.323 helper port")
Reported-by: Xiang Mei &lt;xmei5@asu.edu&gt;
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Weiming Shi &lt;bestswngs@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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NAT helpers such as nf_nat_h323 store a raw pointer to module text in
exp-&gt;expectfn (e.g. ip_nat_q931_expect). nf_ct_helper_expectfn_unregister()
only unlinks the callback descriptor and never walks the expectation table,
so an expectation pending at module removal survives with a dangling
exp-&gt;expectfn into freed module text.

When the expected connection arrives, init_conntrack() invokes
exp-&gt;expectfn(), now a stale pointer into the unloaded module. Reproduced
on a KASAN build by loading the H.323 helpers, creating a Q.931
expectation, unloading nf_nat_h323, then connecting to the expected port:

 Oops: int3: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
 RIP: 0010:0xffffffffa06102d1
  init_conntrack.isra.0 (net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c:1862)
  nf_conntrack_in (net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c:2049)
  ipv4_conntrack_local (net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto.c:223)
  nf_hook_slow (net/netfilter/core.c:619)
  __ip_local_out (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:120)
  __tcp_transmit_skb (net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1715)
  tcp_connect (net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:4374)
  tcp_v4_connect (net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:345)
  __sys_connect (net/socket.c:2167)
 Modules linked in: nf_conntrack_h323 [last unloaded: nf_nat_h323]

Reaching the dangling state requires CAP_SYS_MODULE in the initial user
namespace to remove a NAT helper that still has live expectations, so this
is a robustness fix; leaving an expectation pointing at freed text is wrong
regardless.

Add nf_ct_helper_expectfn_destroy(), which walks the expectation table and
drops every expectation whose -&gt;expectfn matches the descriptor being torn
down. Call it from each NAT helper's exit path after the existing RCU grace
period, so no expectation outlives the code it points at and no extra
synchronize_rcu() is introduced. With the fix, the same reproducer runs to
completion without the Oops.

Fixes: f587de0e2feb ("[NETFILTER]: nf_conntrack/nf_nat: add H.323 helper port")
Reported-by: Xiang Mei &lt;xmei5@asu.edu&gt;
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Weiming Shi &lt;bestswngs@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>netfilter: nf_tables: fix dst corruption in same register operation</title>
<updated>2026-05-22T10:28:46+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Fernando Fernandez Mancera</name>
<email>fmancera@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2026-05-11T14:37:56+00:00</published>
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For lshift and rshift, the shift operations are performed in a loop over
32-bit words. The loop calculates the shifted value and write it to dst,
and then immediately reads from src to calculate the carry for the next
iteration. Because src and dst could point to the same memory location,
the carry is incorrectly calculated using the newly modified dst value
instead of the original src value.

Adding a temporary local variable to cache the original value before
writing to dst and using it for the carry calculation solves the
problem. In addition, partial overlap is rejected from control plane for
all kind of operations including byteorder. This was tested with the
following bytecode:

table test_table ip flags 0 use 1 handle 1
ip test_table test_chain use 3 type filter hook input prio 0 policy accept packets 0 bytes 0 flags 1
ip test_table test_chain 2
  [ immediate reg 1 0x44332211 0x88776655 ]
  [ bitwise reg 1 = ( reg 1 &lt;&lt; 0x08000000 ) ]
  [ cmp eq reg 1 0x66443322 0x00887766 ]
  [ counter pkts 0 bytes 0 ]
ip test_table test_chain 4 3
  [ immediate reg 1 0x44332211 0x88776655 ]
  [ bitwise reg 1 = ( reg 1 &lt;&lt; 0x08000000 ) ]
  [ cmp eq reg 1 0x55443322 0x00887766 ]
  [ counter pkts 21794 bytes 1917798 ]

Fixes: 567d746b55bc ("netfilter: bitwise: add support for shifts.")
Acked-by: Jeremy Sowden &lt;jeremy@azazel.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera &lt;fmancera@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
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For lshift and rshift, the shift operations are performed in a loop over
32-bit words. The loop calculates the shifted value and write it to dst,
and then immediately reads from src to calculate the carry for the next
iteration. Because src and dst could point to the same memory location,
the carry is incorrectly calculated using the newly modified dst value
instead of the original src value.

Adding a temporary local variable to cache the original value before
writing to dst and using it for the carry calculation solves the
problem. In addition, partial overlap is rejected from control plane for
all kind of operations including byteorder. This was tested with the
following bytecode:

table test_table ip flags 0 use 1 handle 1
ip test_table test_chain use 3 type filter hook input prio 0 policy accept packets 0 bytes 0 flags 1
ip test_table test_chain 2
  [ immediate reg 1 0x44332211 0x88776655 ]
  [ bitwise reg 1 = ( reg 1 &lt;&lt; 0x08000000 ) ]
  [ cmp eq reg 1 0x66443322 0x00887766 ]
  [ counter pkts 0 bytes 0 ]
ip test_table test_chain 4 3
  [ immediate reg 1 0x44332211 0x88776655 ]
  [ bitwise reg 1 = ( reg 1 &lt;&lt; 0x08000000 ) ]
  [ cmp eq reg 1 0x55443322 0x00887766 ]
  [ counter pkts 21794 bytes 1917798 ]

Fixes: 567d746b55bc ("netfilter: bitwise: add support for shifts.")
Acked-by: Jeremy Sowden &lt;jeremy@azazel.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera &lt;fmancera@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>netfilter: nf_queue: hold bridge skb-&gt;dev while queued</title>
<updated>2026-05-16T11:23:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Haoze Xie</name>
<email>royenheart@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-05-15T03:19:02+00:00</published>
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br_pass_frame_up() rewrites skb-&gt;dev from the ingress port to the bridge
master before queueing bridge LOCAL_IN packets. NFQUEUE only holds
references on state.in/out and bridge physdevs, so a queued bridge
packet can retain a freed bridge master in skb-&gt;dev until reinjection.

When the verdict is reinjected later, br_netif_receive_skb() re-enters
the receive path with skb-&gt;dev still pointing at the freed bridge master,
triggering a use-after-free.

Store skb-&gt;dev in the queue entry, hold a reference on it for the queue
lifetime, and use the saved device when dropping queued packets during
NETDEV_DOWN handling.

Fixes: ac2863445686 ("netfilter: bridge: add nf_afinfo to enable queuing to userspace")
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Reported-by: Yuan Tan &lt;yuantan098@gmail.com&gt;
Reported-by: Yifan Wu &lt;yifanwucs@gmail.com&gt;
Reported-by: Juefei Pu &lt;tomapufckgml@gmail.com&gt;
Reported-by: Xin Liu &lt;bird@lzu.edu.cn&gt;
Signed-off-by: Haoze Xie &lt;royenheart@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ren Wei &lt;n05ec@lzu.edu.cn&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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br_pass_frame_up() rewrites skb-&gt;dev from the ingress port to the bridge
master before queueing bridge LOCAL_IN packets. NFQUEUE only holds
references on state.in/out and bridge physdevs, so a queued bridge
packet can retain a freed bridge master in skb-&gt;dev until reinjection.

When the verdict is reinjected later, br_netif_receive_skb() re-enters
the receive path with skb-&gt;dev still pointing at the freed bridge master,
triggering a use-after-free.

Store skb-&gt;dev in the queue entry, hold a reference on it for the queue
lifetime, and use the saved device when dropping queued packets during
NETDEV_DOWN handling.

Fixes: ac2863445686 ("netfilter: bridge: add nf_afinfo to enable queuing to userspace")
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Reported-by: Yuan Tan &lt;yuantan098@gmail.com&gt;
Reported-by: Yifan Wu &lt;yifanwucs@gmail.com&gt;
Reported-by: Juefei Pu &lt;tomapufckgml@gmail.com&gt;
Reported-by: Xin Liu &lt;bird@lzu.edu.cn&gt;
Signed-off-by: Haoze Xie &lt;royenheart@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ren Wei &lt;n05ec@lzu.edu.cn&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: restore helper propagation via expectation</title>
<updated>2026-05-07T23:30:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Pablo Neira Ayuso</name>
<email>pablo@netfilter.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-05-07T11:00:28+00:00</published>
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A recent series to fix expectations broke helper propagation via
expectation, this mechanism is used by the sip and h323 helper. This
also propagates the conntrack helper to expected connections. I changed
semantics of exp-&gt;helper which now tells us the actual helper that
created the expectation.

Add an explicit assign_helper field to expectations for this purpose
and update helpers to use it.

Restore this feature for userspace conntrack helper via ctnetlink
nfqueue integration so it is again possible to attach a helper to an
expectation, where it makes sense. This is not restored via ctnetlink
expectation creation as there is no client for such feature. Use the
expectation layer 4 protocol number for the helper lookup for
consistency.

Make sure the expectation using this helper propagation mechanism also
go away when the helper is unregistered.

Fixes: 9c42bc9db90a ("netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: honor expectation helper field")
Fixes: 917b61fa2042 ("netfilter: ctnetlink: ignore explicit helper on new expectations")
Reported-by: Ilya Maximets &lt;i.maximets@ovn.org&gt;
Tested-by: Ilya Maximets &lt;i.maximets@ovn.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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A recent series to fix expectations broke helper propagation via
expectation, this mechanism is used by the sip and h323 helper. This
also propagates the conntrack helper to expected connections. I changed
semantics of exp-&gt;helper which now tells us the actual helper that
created the expectation.

Add an explicit assign_helper field to expectations for this purpose
and update helpers to use it.

Restore this feature for userspace conntrack helper via ctnetlink
nfqueue integration so it is again possible to attach a helper to an
expectation, where it makes sense. This is not restored via ctnetlink
expectation creation as there is no client for such feature. Use the
expectation layer 4 protocol number for the helper lookup for
consistency.

Make sure the expectation using this helper propagation mechanism also
go away when the helper is unregistered.

Fixes: 9c42bc9db90a ("netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: honor expectation helper field")
Fixes: 917b61fa2042 ("netfilter: ctnetlink: ignore explicit helper on new expectations")
Reported-by: Ilya Maximets &lt;i.maximets@ovn.org&gt;
Tested-by: Ilya Maximets &lt;i.maximets@ovn.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>netfilter: flowtable: fix inline pppoe encapsulation in xmit path</title>
<updated>2026-04-30T23:24:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Pablo Neira Ayuso</name>
<email>pablo@netfilter.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-30T14:49:53+00:00</published>
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Address two issues in the inline pppoe encapsulation:

- Add needs_gso_segment flag to segment PPPoE packets in software
  given that there is no GSO support for this.

- Use FLOW_OFFLOAD_XMIT_DIRECT since neighbour cache is not available
  in point-to-point device, use the hardware address that is obtained
  via flowtable path discovery (ie. fill_forward_path).

Fixes: 18d27bed0880 ("netfilter: flowtable: inline pppoe encapsulation in xmit path")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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Address two issues in the inline pppoe encapsulation:

- Add needs_gso_segment flag to segment PPPoE packets in software
  given that there is no GSO support for this.

- Use FLOW_OFFLOAD_XMIT_DIRECT since neighbour cache is not available
  in point-to-point device, use the hardware address that is obtained
  via flowtable path discovery (ie. fill_forward_path).

Fixes: 18d27bed0880 ("netfilter: flowtable: inline pppoe encapsulation in xmit path")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>netfilter: nft_fwd_netdev: use recursion counter in neigh egress path</title>
<updated>2026-04-29T22:57:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Weiming Shi</name>
<email>bestswngs@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-27T12:34:50+00:00</published>
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nft_fwd_neigh can be used in egress chains (NF_NETDEV_EGRESS). When the
forwarding rule targets the same device or two devices forward to each
other, neigh_xmit() triggers dev_queue_xmit() which re-enters
nf_hook_egress(), causing infinite recursion and stack overflow.

Move the nf_get_nf_dup_skb_recursion() accessor and NF_RECURSION_LIMIT
to the shared header nf_dup_netdev.h as a static inline, so that
nft_fwd_netdev can use the recursion counter directly without exported
function call overhead. Guard neigh_xmit() with the same recursion
limit already used in nf_do_netdev_egress().

[ Updated to cache the nf_get_nf_dup_skb_recursion pointer. --pablo ]

Fixes: f87b9464d152 ("netfilter: nft_fwd_netdev: Support egress hook")
Reported-by: Xiang Mei &lt;xmei5@asu.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Weiming Shi &lt;bestswngs@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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nft_fwd_neigh can be used in egress chains (NF_NETDEV_EGRESS). When the
forwarding rule targets the same device or two devices forward to each
other, neigh_xmit() triggers dev_queue_xmit() which re-enters
nf_hook_egress(), causing infinite recursion and stack overflow.

Move the nf_get_nf_dup_skb_recursion() accessor and NF_RECURSION_LIMIT
to the shared header nf_dup_netdev.h as a static inline, so that
nft_fwd_netdev can use the recursion counter directly without exported
function call overhead. Guard neigh_xmit() with the same recursion
limit already used in nf_do_netdev_egress().

[ Updated to cache the nf_get_nf_dup_skb_recursion pointer. --pablo ]

Fixes: f87b9464d152 ("netfilter: nft_fwd_netdev: Support egress hook")
Reported-by: Xiang Mei &lt;xmei5@asu.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Weiming Shi &lt;bestswngs@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>netfilter: nf_tables: add hook transactions for device deletions</title>
<updated>2026-04-21T10:48:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Pablo Neira Ayuso</name>
<email>pablo@netfilter.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-15T20:58:23+00:00</published>
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Restore the flag that indicates that the hook is going away, ie.
NFT_HOOK_REMOVE, but add a new transaction object to track deletion
of hooks without altering the basechain/flowtable hook_list during
the preparation phase.

The existing approach that moves the hook from the basechain/flowtable
hook_list to transaction hook_list breaks netlink dump path readers
of this RCU-protected list.

It should be possible use an array for nft_trans_hook to store the
deleted hooks to compact the representation but I am not expecting
many hook object, specially now that wildcard support for devices
is in place.

Note that the nft_trans_chain_hooks() list contains a list of struct
nft_trans_hook objects for DELCHAIN and DELFLOWTABLE commands, while
this list stores struct nft_hook objects for NEWCHAIN and NEWFLOWTABLE.
Note that new commands can be updated to use nft_trans_hook for
consistency.

This patch also adapts the event notification path to deal with the list
of hook transactions.

Fixes: 7d937b107108 ("netfilter: nf_tables: support for deleting devices in an existing netdev chain")
Fixes: b6d9014a3335 ("netfilter: nf_tables: delete flowtable hooks via transaction list")
Reported-by: Xiang Mei &lt;xmei5@asu.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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Restore the flag that indicates that the hook is going away, ie.
NFT_HOOK_REMOVE, but add a new transaction object to track deletion
of hooks without altering the basechain/flowtable hook_list during
the preparation phase.

The existing approach that moves the hook from the basechain/flowtable
hook_list to transaction hook_list breaks netlink dump path readers
of this RCU-protected list.

It should be possible use an array for nft_trans_hook to store the
deleted hooks to compact the representation but I am not expecting
many hook object, specially now that wildcard support for devices
is in place.

Note that the nft_trans_chain_hooks() list contains a list of struct
nft_trans_hook objects for DELCHAIN and DELFLOWTABLE commands, while
this list stores struct nft_hook objects for NEWCHAIN and NEWFLOWTABLE.
Note that new commands can be updated to use nft_trans_hook for
consistency.

This patch also adapts the event notification path to deal with the list
of hook transactions.

Fixes: 7d937b107108 ("netfilter: nf_tables: support for deleting devices in an existing netdev chain")
Fixes: b6d9014a3335 ("netfilter: nf_tables: delete flowtable hooks via transaction list")
Reported-by: Xiang Mei &lt;xmei5@asu.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>netfilter: conntrack: remove UDP-Lite conntrack support</title>
<updated>2026-04-10T10:16:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Fernando Fernandez Mancera</name>
<email>fmancera@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-30T15:19:34+00:00</published>
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UDP-Lite (RFC 3828) socket support was recently retired from the core
networking stack. As a follow-up of that, drop the connection tracker
and NAT support for UDP-Lite in Netfilter.

This patch removes CONFIG_NF_CT_PROTO_UDPLITE and scrubs UDP-Lite
awareness from the conntrack core, NAT core, nft_ct, and ctnetlink.
Please note that stateless packet inspection, matching, ipsets or
logging support for IPPROTO_UDPLITE is preserved.

As conntrack no longer extracts UDP-Lite ports or tracks its L4 state,
when performing NAT the UDP-Lite checksum cannot be updated anymore.
That is an expected and acceptable consequence of removing UDP-Lite
conntrack module.

Signed-off-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera &lt;fmancera@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
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UDP-Lite (RFC 3828) socket support was recently retired from the core
networking stack. As a follow-up of that, drop the connection tracker
and NAT support for UDP-Lite in Netfilter.

This patch removes CONFIG_NF_CT_PROTO_UDPLITE and scrubs UDP-Lite
awareness from the conntrack core, NAT core, nft_ct, and ctnetlink.
Please note that stateless packet inspection, matching, ipsets or
logging support for IPPROTO_UDPLITE is preserved.

As conntrack no longer extracts UDP-Lite ports or tracks its L4 state,
when performing NAT the UDP-Lite checksum cannot be updated anymore.
That is an expected and acceptable consequence of removing UDP-Lite
conntrack module.

Signed-off-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera &lt;fmancera@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
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<title>Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net</title>
<updated>2026-04-09T20:20:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jakub Kicinski</name>
<email>kuba@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-02T17:57:09+00:00</published>
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Cross-merge networking fixes after downstream PR (net-7.0-rc8).

Conflicts:

net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c
  c3812651b522f ("seg6: separate dst_cache for input and output paths in seg6 lwtunnel")
  78723a62b969a ("seg6: add per-route tunnel source address")
https://lore.kernel.org/adZhwtOYfo-0ImSa@sirena.org.uk

net/ipv4/icmp.c
  fde29fd934932 ("ipv4: icmp: fix null-ptr-deref in icmp_build_probe()")
  d98adfbdd5c01 ("ipv4: drop ipv6_stub usage and use direct function calls")
https://lore.kernel.org/adO3dccqnr6j-BL9@sirena.org.uk

Adjacent changes:

drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/chain_mode.c
  51f4e090b9f8 ("net: stmmac: fix integer underflow in chain mode")
  6b4286e05508 ("net: stmmac: rename STMMAC_GET_ENTRY() -&gt; STMMAC_NEXT_ENTRY()")

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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Cross-merge networking fixes after downstream PR (net-7.0-rc8).

Conflicts:

net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c
  c3812651b522f ("seg6: separate dst_cache for input and output paths in seg6 lwtunnel")
  78723a62b969a ("seg6: add per-route tunnel source address")
https://lore.kernel.org/adZhwtOYfo-0ImSa@sirena.org.uk

net/ipv4/icmp.c
  fde29fd934932 ("ipv4: icmp: fix null-ptr-deref in icmp_build_probe()")
  d98adfbdd5c01 ("ipv4: drop ipv6_stub usage and use direct function calls")
https://lore.kernel.org/adO3dccqnr6j-BL9@sirena.org.uk

Adjacent changes:

drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/chain_mode.c
  51f4e090b9f8 ("net: stmmac: fix integer underflow in chain mode")
  6b4286e05508 ("net: stmmac: rename STMMAC_GET_ENTRY() -&gt; STMMAC_NEXT_ENTRY()")

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: make hash table per queue</title>
<updated>2026-04-08T11:34:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Florian Westphal</name>
<email>fw@strlen.de</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-07T15:00:01+00:00</published>
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Sharing a global hash table among all queues is tempting, but
it can cause crash:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in nfqnl_recv_verdict+0x11ac/0x15e0 [nfnetlink_queue]
[..]
 nfqnl_recv_verdict+0x11ac/0x15e0 [nfnetlink_queue]
 nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x46a/0x930
 kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0x11e/0x450

struct nf_queue_entry is freed via kfree, but parallel cpu can still
encounter such an nf_queue_entry when walking the list.

Alternative fix is to free the nf_queue_entry via kfree_rcu() instead,
but as we have to alloc/free for each skb this will cause more mem
pressure.

Cc: Scott Mitchell &lt;scott.k.mitch1@gmail.com&gt;
Fixes: e19079adcd26 ("netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: optimize verdict lookup with hash table")
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
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Sharing a global hash table among all queues is tempting, but
it can cause crash:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in nfqnl_recv_verdict+0x11ac/0x15e0 [nfnetlink_queue]
[..]
 nfqnl_recv_verdict+0x11ac/0x15e0 [nfnetlink_queue]
 nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x46a/0x930
 kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0x11e/0x450

struct nf_queue_entry is freed via kfree, but parallel cpu can still
encounter such an nf_queue_entry when walking the list.

Alternative fix is to free the nf_queue_entry via kfree_rcu() instead,
but as we have to alloc/free for each skb this will cause more mem
pressure.

Cc: Scott Mitchell &lt;scott.k.mitch1@gmail.com&gt;
Fixes: e19079adcd26 ("netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: optimize verdict lookup with hash table")
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
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