From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
To: Marino Dzalto <marino.dzalto@gmail.com>
Cc: pablo@netfilter.org, netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org,
coreteam@netfilter.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netfilter: xt_HL: add pr_fmt, default case and NULL checks
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 21:46:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <adAZME8XxeUNgEt-@strlen.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260403193929.89449-1-marino.dzalto@gmail.com>
Marino Dzalto <marino.dzalto@gmail.com> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Marino Dzalto <marino.dzalto@gmail.com>
> ---
> net/netfilter/xt_hl.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------
> 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_hl.c b/net/netfilter/xt_hl.c
> index c1a70f8f0..9434d5ca8 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/xt_hl.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/xt_hl.c
> @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
> * Hop Limit matching module
> * (C) 2001-2002 Maciej Soltysiak <solt@dns.toxicfilms.tv>
> */
> +#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
>
> #include <linux/ip.h>
> #include <linux/ipv6.h>
> @@ -25,7 +26,12 @@ MODULE_ALIAS("ip6t_hl");
> static bool ttl_mt(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct xt_action_param *par)
> {
> const struct ipt_ttl_info *info = par->matchinfo;
> - const u8 ttl = ip_hdr(skb)->ttl;
> + const u8 ttl;
> +
> + if (!skb)
> + return false;
If this was NULL we'd have crashed already.
> case IPT_TTL_GT:
> return ttl > info->ttl;
> + default:
> + pr_warn("Unknown TTL match mode: %d\n", info->mode);
> + return false;
Please add a .checkentry function and reject this from there.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-03 19:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-03 19:39 [PATCH] netfilter: xt_HL: add pr_fmt, default case and NULL checks Marino Dzalto
2026-04-03 19:46 ` Florian Westphal [this message]
2026-04-03 21:01 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-21 11:48 ` kernel test robot
2026-04-21 16:24 ` kernel test robot
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