linux.git/include/net/netfilter, branch master

netfilter: nft_ct: move custom expectation support to helper

2026-08-10T11:03:15+00:00

Originally, the ct expectation support called nf_ct_helper_ext_add() for
confirmed conntracks, which is invalid, triggering a splat. This was
fixed by commit 1710eb913bdc ("netfilter: nft_ct: skip expectations for
confirmed conntrack") which restricted it to unconfirmed conntracks.

However, early insertion of expectations into the expectations list when
the conntrack is unconfirmed leads to stale entries pointing to the
wrong hlist_head through .pprev due to ct extension reallocation.

Commit 7c9664351980 ("netfilter: move nat hlist_head to nf_conn") moved
the nat hlist_head to nf_conn for this reason:

     1. ...
     2. When reallocation of extension area occurs we need to fixup the
        bysource hash head via hlist_replace_rcu.

I'd rather not increase the size of the struct nf_conn for this feature
has very limited scope: only one expectation can be created at a time
given expect_clash() will make nf_ct_expect_related() reports EBUSY.
For this reason, relax nf_ct_expect_related() not to drop packets in
case expectation creation fails, therefore, expectation creation becomes
best effort.

To address this issue, add an internal ct helper and attach it to the
conntrack entry to streamline the custom ct expectation support with
existing ct helpers.

Expose a new nf_conntrack_helper_release() function to release the
internal helper that is allocated and attached to the conntrack entry to
create the custom expectations. The nft_ct module removal always waits
for rcu grace period, then the NULL helper callback is observed after
this.

This patch also restricts the creation of expectations to different
helpers other than this custom helper that is created for this type of
expectations.

Fixes: 857b46027d6f ("netfilter: nft_ct: add ct expectations support")
Reported-by: Jaeyeong Lee 
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260715144755.00ea7dfcd9f@proton.me
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso

netfilter: flowtable: rename tun.l3_proto to tun.inner_proto

2026-08-10T11:02:37+00:00

This field refers to the inner protocol that is encapsulated by the
tunnel header, just a comestic change. No functional changes are
expected.

Acked-by: Lorenzo Bianconi 
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net

2026-07-30T19:53:19+00:00

Cross-merge networking fixes after downstream PR (net-7.2-rc6).

No conflicts.

Adjacent changes:

net/ipv4/route.c
  dbc3791e3b24 ("net: do not send ICMP/NDISC Redirects when peer allocation fails")
  7804eaa057fe ("ipv4: snapshot dst.dev in ip_rt_send_redirect() and ip_rt_get_source()")

drivers/net/tun.c
  23dad2d088df ("tun: no longer rely on RTNL in tun_fill_info()")
  c3da92af07ea ("Revert "tun/tap: add ptr_ring consume helper with netdev queue wakeup"")

drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc.c
  3bd438a58e91 ("octeontx2-af: Block VFs from clobbering special CGX PKIND state")
  5ba5611ef946 ("octeontx2-af: reserve 4 PKINDs for skip-size custom use")

drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.h
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/peer.c
  469d7e6077c1 ("wifi: ath12k: resolve PENDING ML peer ID from MLO_PEER_MAP HTT event")
  378e659029d5 ("wifi: ath12k: introduce host_alloc_ml_id hardware parameter")
  c42b27336eef ("wifi: ath12k: fix survey indexing across bands")

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: store event cache in expectation

2026-07-24T09:45:19+00:00

Store the event cache in the expectation instead of accessing the
exp->master cache, as a step forward towards turning the exp->master
into a cookie.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso

netfilter: flowtable: tear down flow entries with stale dst from GC

2026-07-24T09:22:30+00:00

In case of route updates, tear down flow entries with stale dst to give
them a chance to obtain a fresh route.

This is specifically useful for hardware offloaded entries, where the
flowtable software dataplane sees no packet, where the existing check
for stale dst entries does not help.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso

netfilter: nf_tables: make nft_object rhltable per table

2026-07-23T15:59:30+00:00

The nft_object rhltable is global, this allows for accessing objects
that are being dismangled from lookup path by other existing netns.
Given the nft_obj_destroy() releases the object inmediately, this might
lead to use-after-free of these objects that are being released.
Make the existing rhltable per table to address this issue to deal with
with the nft_rcv_nl_event() path too.

Update nft_obj_lookup() to take the table as non-const, otherwise,
compiler complains when passing the objname_ht to rhltable_lookup().

Fixes: 4d44175aa5bb ("netfilter: nf_tables: handle nft_object lookups via rhltable")
Suggested-by: Florian Westphal 
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso

netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: add and use nf_ct_expect_related_pair()

2026-07-22T18:34:28+00:00

Add a new function to insert a pair of expectations, this is required by
the SIP and H323 NAT helpers. The spinlock is held to check if there is
a slot for both expectations, in such case, insert them.

This removes the need for nf_ct_unexpect_related() inside the loop to
find a pair of consecutive ports, otherwise inserting expectations whose
dead flag is already set on can happen.

Bump master_help->expecting for the expectation class after checking if
the expectation fits in the master expectation list, which is needed for
this new _pair() function variant to run the eviction routine including
the preallocated slot for the first expectation in the pair.

Fixes: b8b09dc2bf35 ("netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: use conntrack GC to reap expectations")
Reported-by: Jaeyeong Lee 
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/178377968720.33756.12204817361601593230@proton.me/
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net

2026-07-10T08:20:05+00:00

Cross-merge networking fixes after downstream PR (net-7.2-rc3).

Conflicts:

tools/testing/selftests/net/lib.sh
  dd6a23bac306b ("selftests: net: make busywait timeout clock portable")
  895bad9cc4cec ("selftests: net: make busywait timeout clock portable")

Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

netfilter: flowtable: support IPIP tunnel with direct xmit

2026-07-08T13:33:44+00:00

The combination of IPIP tunnel with direct xmit, eg. bridge device,
breaks because no dst_entry is provided to check the skb headroom and to
set the iph->frag_off field. This leads to invalid dst usage and can
trigger a crash in the tunnel transmit path.

Fix this by moving dst_cache and dst_cookie out of the runtime union so
that they can be shared by neighbour, xfrm, and direct tunnel flows.
For FLOW_OFFLOAD_XMIT_DIRECT tuples carrying tunnel metadata, preserve
route state in these shared fields and release it through the common
dst release path.

Since dst_entry is now available to the three supported xmit modes and
dst_release() already deals with NULL dst, remove the xmit type check
in nft_flow_dst_release(). Moreover, skip the check if the dst entry
is NULL in nf_flow_dst_check() which is now the case for the direct
xmit case.

Based on patch from Rein Wei .

Fixes: d30301ba4b07 ("netfilter: flowtable: Add IPIP tx sw acceleration")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Yuan Tan 
Reported-by: Xin Liu 
Reported-by: Zhengyang Chen 
Reported-by: Ren Wei 
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso 
Acked-by: Lorenzo Bianconi 
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal

netfilter: flowtable: IPIP tunnel hardware offload is not yet support

2026-07-08T13:33:44+00:00

No driver supports for IPIP tunnels yet, give up early on setting up the
hardware offload for this scenario.

This patch adds a stub that can be enhanced to add more configuration
that are currently not supported. As of now, the offload work is
enqueued to the worker, then ignored if the hardware offload
configuration is not supported.

Check the NF_FLOW_HW flag to know if this entry was already tried once
to be offloaded so this is not retried on refresh when unsupported. Move
NF_FLOW_HW flag check to nf_flow_offload_add(). If this NF_FLOW_HW flag
is unset the _del and _stats variants are never called.

This can be updated later on to skip hardware offload work to be queued
in case hardware offload does not support it.

Fixes: d98103575dcd ("netfilter: flowtable: Add IP6IP6 rx sw acceleration")
Fixes: ab427db17885 ("netfilter: flowtable: Add IPIP rx sw acceleration")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Yuan Tan 
Reported-by: Xin Liu 
Reported-by: Zhengyang Chen 
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso 
Acked-by: Lorenzo Bianconi 
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal