linux.git/net/netfilter/nft_queue.c, branch v7.1

netfilter: add more netlink-based policy range checks

2026-04-08T05:51:30+00:00

These spots either already check the attribute range manually
before use or the consuming functions tolerate unexpected values.

Nevertheless, add more range checks via netlink policy so we gain
more users and avoid possible re-use in other places that might
not have the required manual checks.  This also improves error
reporting: netlink core can generate extack errors.

Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal

netfilter: nf_tables: remove register tracking infrastructure

2026-02-26T03:36:26+00:00

This facility was disabled in commit
9e539c5b6d9c ("netfilter: nf_tables: disable expression reduction infra"),
because not all nft_exprs guarantee they will update the destination
register: some may set NFT_BREAK instead to cancel evaluation of the
rule.

This has been dead code ever since.
There are no plans to salvage this at this time, so remove this.

Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal 
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260224205048.4718-10-fw@strlen.de
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

netfilter: nf_tables: drop unused 3rd argument from validate callback ops

2024-09-03T08:47:17+00:00

Since commit a654de8fdc18 ("netfilter: nf_tables: fix chain dependency validation")
the validate() callback no longer needs the return pointer argument.

Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal 
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso

netfilter: nf_tables: pass context structure to nft_parse_register_load

2024-08-20T10:37:24+00:00

Mechanical transformation, no logical changes intended.

Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal 
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso

netfilter: nf_tables: Extend nft_expr_ops::dump callback parameters

2022-11-15T09:46:34+00:00

Add a 'reset' flag just like with nft_object_ops::dump. This will be
useful to reset "anonymous stateful objects", e.g. simple rule counters.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter 
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso

netfilter: nft_queue: only allow supported familes and hooks

2022-07-26T19:12:42+00:00

Trying to use 'queue' statement in ingress (for example)
triggers a splat on reinject:

WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 1345 at net/netfilter/nf_queue.c:291

... because nf_reinject cannot find the ruleset head.

The netdev family doesn't support async resume at the moment anyway,
so disallow loading such rulesets with a more appropriate
error message.

v2: add 'validate' callback and also check hook points, v1 did
allow ingress use in 'table inet', but that doesn't work either. (Pablo)

Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal 
Reviewed-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso

netfilter: nf_tables: do not reduce read-only expressions

2022-03-19T23:29:46+00:00

Skip register tracking for expressions that perform read-only operations
on the registers. Define and use a cookie pointer NFT_REDUCE_READONLY to
avoid defining stubs for these expressions.

This patch re-enables register tracking which was disabled in ed5f85d42290
("netfilter: nf_tables: disable register tracking"). Follow up patches
add remaining register tracking for existing expressions.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso

netfilter: nftables: add nft_parse_register_load() and use it

2021-01-27T21:53:29+00:00

This new function combines the netlink register attribute parser
and the load validation function.

This update requires to replace:

	enum nft_registers      sreg:8;

in many of the expression private areas otherwise compiler complains
with:

	error: cannot take address of bit-field ‘sreg’

when passing the register field as reference.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso

netfilter: Add MODULE_DESCRIPTION entries to kernel modules

2020-06-24T22:50:31+00:00

The user tool modinfo is used to get information on kernel modules, including a
description where it is available.

This patch adds a brief MODULE_DESCRIPTION to netfilter kernel modules
(descriptions taken from Kconfig file or code comments)

Signed-off-by: Rob Gill 
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso

treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 500

2019-06-19T15:09:55+00:00

Based on 2 normalized pattern(s):

  this program is free software you can redistribute it and or modify
  it under the terms of the gnu general public license version 2 as
  published by the free software foundation

  this program is free software you can redistribute it and or modify
  it under the terms of the gnu general public license version 2 as
  published by the free software foundation #

extracted by the scancode license scanner the SPDX license identifier

  GPL-2.0-only

has been chosen to replace the boilerplate/reference in 4122 file(s).

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner 
Reviewed-by: Enrico Weigelt 
Reviewed-by: Kate Stewart 
Reviewed-by: Allison Randal 
Cc: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190604081206.933168790@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman