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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, kuba@kernel.org,
	pabeni@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com, fw@strlen.de,
	horms@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net 14/14] netfilter: nf_conntrack_helper: cap maximum number of expectation at helper registration
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:15:47 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260623221548.701545-15-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260623221548.701545-1-pablo@netfilter.org>

On helper registration, the maximum number of expectations cannot go over
NF_CT_EXPECT_MAX_CNT (255), but zero can be specified then
nf_conntrack_expect_max applies. Turn zero into NF_CT_EXPECT_MAX_CNT
otherwise, expectation LRU eviction on insertion is disabled.

Moreover, expand this sanity check all expectation classes.

This max_expecy policy is only tunable since userspace helpers are
available, set Fixes: tag to the commit that adds such infrastructure.

Remove the check for p->max_expected given this field must always
be non-zero after this patch.

Fixes: 12f7a505331e ("netfilter: add user-space connection tracking helper infrastructure")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c | 3 +--
 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c | 9 +++++++--
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c
index 113bb1cb1683..38630c5e006f 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c
@@ -496,8 +496,7 @@ static inline int __nf_ct_expect_check(struct nf_conntrack_expect *expect,
 					   lockdep_is_held(&nf_conntrack_expect_lock));
 	if (helper) {
 		p = &helper->expect_policy[expect->class];
-		if (p->max_expected &&
-		    master_help->expecting[expect->class] >= p->max_expected)
+		if (master_help->expecting[expect->class] >= p->max_expected)
 			evict_oldest_expect(master_help, expect, p);
 	} else {
 		const struct nf_conntrack_expect_policy default_exp_policy = {
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
index 8b94001c2430..500509b17663 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
@@ -374,8 +374,13 @@ int __nf_conntrack_helper_register(struct nf_conntrack_helper *me)
 	if (!nf_ct_helper_hash)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
-	if (me->expect_policy->max_expected > NF_CT_EXPECT_MAX_CNT)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	for (i = 0; i <= me->expect_class_max; i++) {
+		if (!me->expect_policy[i].max_expected)
+			me->expect_policy[i].max_expected = NF_CT_EXPECT_MAX_CNT;
+
+		if (me->expect_policy[i].max_expected > NF_CT_EXPECT_MAX_CNT)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&nf_ct_helper_mutex);
 	for (i = 0; i < nf_ct_helper_hsize; i++) {
-- 
2.47.3


      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-23 22:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-23 22:15 [PATCH net 00/14] Netfilter fixes for net Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-23 22:15 ` [PATCH net 01/14] netfilter: nf_nat: avoid invalid nat_net pointer use on failed nf_nat_init() Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-25  3:00   ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
2026-06-23 22:15 ` [PATCH net 02/14] netfilter: nf_conncount: prevent connlimit drops for early confirmed ct Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-23 22:15 ` [PATCH net 03/14] netfilter: flowtable: Validate iph->ihl in nf_flow_ip4_tunnel_proto() Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-23 22:15 ` [PATCH net 04/14] netfilter: x_tables.h: fix all kernel-doc warnings Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-23 22:15 ` [PATCH net 05/14] netfilter: nft_synproxy: stop bypassing the priv->info snapshot Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-23 22:15 ` [PATCH net 06/14] selftests: netfilter: conntrack_sctp_collision.sh: Introduce SCTP INIT collision test Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-23 22:15 ` [PATCH net 07/14] netfilter: nft_compat: ebtables emulation must reject non-bridge targets Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-23 22:15 ` [PATCH net 08/14] selftests: nft_queue.sh: add a bridge queue test Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-23 22:15 ` [PATCH net 09/14] netfilter: ctnetlink: do not allow to reset helper on existing conntrack Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-23 22:15 ` [PATCH net 10/14] netfilter: conntrack: add deprecation warnings for irc and pptp trackers Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-23 22:15 ` [PATCH net 11/14] netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: store master_tuple in expectation Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-23 22:15 ` [PATCH net 12/14] netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: run expectation eviction with no helper Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-23 22:15 ` [PATCH net 13/14] netfilter: nft_ct: expectation timeouts are passed in milliseconds Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-23 22:15 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]

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