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<title>netfilter: nf_tables: skip double clone set expressions on element insert</title>
<updated>2026-08-27T14:10:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Pablo Neira Ayuso</name>
<email>pablo@netfilter.org</email>
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<published>2026-08-19T11:42:36+00:00</published>
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Both the dynset and newsetelem path clone the existing set expressions
when setting set element expressions if no override expressions are
provided. This results in a double clone, once to clone the template set
expressions then another clone on the new element. Add a flag to
annotate if userspace provides a override expression (ie. expression of
the same type of the set but different configuration), otherwise borrow
the existing expression from the set. Add conditionals to release
expression iif they represent an override. Use this new override_exprs
flag to dump the dynset expression override to userspace.

This simplifies the existing logic and it also fixes a bug with the
connlimit expression which results in a module refcount imbalance
WARNING splat when resorting on the default set expressions.

Fixes: 65038428b2c6 ("netfilter: nf_tables: allow to specify stateful expression in set definition")
Fixes: fca05d4d61e6 ("netfilter: nft_dynset: honor stateful expressions in set definition")
Reported-by: Xingyuan Mo &lt;hdthky0@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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Both the dynset and newsetelem path clone the existing set expressions
when setting set element expressions if no override expressions are
provided. This results in a double clone, once to clone the template set
expressions then another clone on the new element. Add a flag to
annotate if userspace provides a override expression (ie. expression of
the same type of the set but different configuration), otherwise borrow
the existing expression from the set. Add conditionals to release
expression iif they represent an override. Use this new override_exprs
flag to dump the dynset expression override to userspace.

This simplifies the existing logic and it also fixes a bug with the
connlimit expression which results in a module refcount imbalance
WARNING splat when resorting on the default set expressions.

Fixes: 65038428b2c6 ("netfilter: nf_tables: allow to specify stateful expression in set definition")
Fixes: fca05d4d61e6 ("netfilter: nft_dynset: honor stateful expressions in set definition")
Reported-by: Xingyuan Mo &lt;hdthky0@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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<title>netfilter: nf_tables: move set_update_list to nftables per-netns</title>
<updated>2026-08-17T22:55:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Pablo Neira Ayuso</name>
<email>pablo@netfilter.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-08-13T13:00:35+00:00</published>
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This list is used to invoke the set .commit and .abort ops for the
rbtree and pipapo to run GC on expired elements and replace the current
datastructure view by the clone. For the rbtree, this also rebuild the
datapath b-search array.

From abort path, remove the set from the update_list if it is already
bound to rule, then the rule itself takes care of releasing the set and
its elements, otherwise, memleak is possible because set ops .abort
only deals with removing the set data structure, not the elements.

This is a preparation patch to call set .commit before processing the
transaction list for the rbtree, no functional changes are intended.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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This list is used to invoke the set .commit and .abort ops for the
rbtree and pipapo to run GC on expired elements and replace the current
datastructure view by the clone. For the rbtree, this also rebuild the
datapath b-search array.

From abort path, remove the set from the update_list if it is already
bound to rule, then the rule itself takes care of releasing the set and
its elements, otherwise, memleak is possible because set ops .abort
only deals with removing the set data structure, not the elements.

This is a preparation patch to call set .commit before processing the
transaction list for the rbtree, no functional changes are intended.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>netfilter: nft_ct: move custom expectation support to helper</title>
<updated>2026-08-10T11:03:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Pablo Neira Ayuso</name>
<email>pablo@netfilter.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-08-09T22:17:41+00:00</published>
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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 &lt;iostreampy@proton.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260715144755.00ea7dfcd9f@proton.me
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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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 &lt;iostreampy@proton.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260715144755.00ea7dfcd9f@proton.me
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>netfilter: flowtable: rename tun.l3_proto to tun.inner_proto</title>
<updated>2026-08-10T11:02:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Pablo Neira Ayuso</name>
<email>pablo@netfilter.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-08-06T21:09:14+00:00</published>
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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 &lt;lorenzo@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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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 &lt;lorenzo@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net</title>
<updated>2026-07-30T19:53:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jakub Kicinski</name>
<email>kuba@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-23T21:04:37+00:00</published>
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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 &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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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 &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: store event cache in expectation</title>
<updated>2026-07-24T09:45:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Pablo Neira Ayuso</name>
<email>pablo@netfilter.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-13T16:06:58+00:00</published>
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Store the event cache in the expectation instead of accessing the
exp-&gt;master cache, as a step forward towards turning the exp-&gt;master
into a cookie.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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Store the event cache in the expectation instead of accessing the
exp-&gt;master cache, as a step forward towards turning the exp-&gt;master
into a cookie.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>netfilter: flowtable: tear down flow entries with stale dst from GC</title>
<updated>2026-07-24T09:22:30+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Pablo Neira Ayuso</name>
<email>pablo@netfilter.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-10T07:54:09+00:00</published>
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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 &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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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 &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>netfilter: nf_tables: make nft_object rhltable per table</title>
<updated>2026-07-23T15:59:30+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Pablo Neira Ayuso</name>
<email>pablo@netfilter.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-16T08:13:37+00:00</published>
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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 &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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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 &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: add and use nf_ct_expect_related_pair()</title>
<updated>2026-07-22T18:34:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Pablo Neira Ayuso</name>
<email>pablo@netfilter.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-12T22:26:04+00:00</published>
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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-&gt;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 &lt;iostreampy@proton.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/178377968720.33756.12204817361601593230@proton.me/
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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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-&gt;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 &lt;iostreampy@proton.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/178377968720.33756.12204817361601593230@proton.me/
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net</title>
<updated>2026-07-10T08:20:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paolo Abeni</name>
<email>pabeni@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-10T08:05:52+00:00</published>
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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 &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;
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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 &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;
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