[ANNOUNCE] iptables 1.8.6 release

[ANNOUNCE] iptables 1.8.6 release

[Phil Sutter]

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Hi!

The Netfilter project proudly presents:

iptables 1.8.6

This release contains the following fixes and enhancements:

iptables-nft:
- Fix ip6tables error messages, they were incorrectly prefixed
  'iptables:'.
- Fix for pointless 'bitwise' expression being added to each IP address
  match, needlessly slowing down run-time performance (by 50% in worst
  cases).

iptables-nft-restore:
- Correctly print the flushed chains in verbose mode, like legacy
  restore does.
- Restoring multiple tables could fail if a ruleset flush happened in
  parallel (e.g. via 'nft flush ruleset').
- Fix for bogus error messages if a refreshed transaction fails.
- Support basechain policy value of '-' (indicating to not change the
  chain's policy).
- Fix for spurious errors in concurrent restore calls with '--noflush'.

iptables-legacy:
- Allow to configure lock file location via XTABLES_LOCKFILE environment
  variable.

xtables-monitor:
- Fix printing of IP addresses in ip6tables rules.

xtables-translate:
- Exit gracefully when called with '--help'.
- Fix some memory leaks.
- Add support for conntrack '--ctstate' match.
- Fix translation of ICMP type 'any' match.

libxtables:
- Fix for lower extension revisions not supported by the kernel anymore
  being retried each time the extension is used in a rule. This
  significantly improves performance when restoring large rulesets which
  extensively use e.g. conntrack match.

tests:
- Add help text to tests/shell/run-tests.sh.
- Test ip6tables error messages also, not just return codes.

General:
- Rejecting packets with ctstate INVALID might close good connections if
  packet reordering happened. Document this and suggest to use DROP
  target instead.
- Fix for iptables-apply script not being installed by 'make install'.
- Fix 'make uninstall', it was completely broken.
- Fix compiler warnings when building with NO_SHARED_LIBS.
- Extend 'make clean' to remove some generated man pages left in place.
- Fix for gcc-10 zero-length array warnings.

See the attached changelog for more details.

You can download it from:

http://www.netfilter.org/projects/iptables/downloads.html#iptables-1.8.6

To build the code, libnftnl 1.1.6 is required:

* http://netfilter.org/projects/libnftnl/downloads.html#libnftnl-1.1.6

In case of bugs and feature requests, file them via:

* https://bugzilla.netfilter.org

Happy firewalling!

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Arturo Borrero Gonzalez (1):
  xtables-translate: don't fail if help was requested

Giuseppe Scrivano (1):
  iptables: accept lock file name at runtime

Jan Engelhardt (2):
  doc: document danger of applying REJECT to INVALID CTs
  build: resolve iptables-apply not getting installed

Maciej Żenczykowski (1):
  libxtables: compiler warning fixes for NO_SHARED_LIBS

Pablo Neira Ayuso (3):
  extensions: libxt_conntrack: provide translation for DNAT and SNAT
    --ctstate
  iptables: replace libnftnl table list by linux list
  iptables-nft: fix basechain policy configuration

Phil Sutter (31):
  xtables-restore: Fix verbose mode table flushing
  build: Fix for failing 'make uninstall'
  xtables-translate: Use proper clear_cs function
  tests: shell: Add help output to run-tests.sh
  nft: Make table creation purely implicit
  nft: Be lazy when flushing
  nft: cache: Drop duplicate chain check
  nft: Drop pointless nft_xt_builtin_init() call
  nft: Turn nft_chain_save() into a foreach-callback
  nft: Use nft_chain_find() in two more places
  nft: Reorder enum nft_table_type
  nft: Eliminate table list from cache
  nft: Fix command name in ip6tables error message
  tests: shell: Merge and extend return codes test
  xtables-monitor: Fix ip6tables rule printing
  nft: Fix for ruleset flush while restoring
  Makefile: Add missing man pages to CLEANFILES
  nft: cache: Check consistency with NFT_CL_FAKE, too
  nft: Extend use of nftnl_chain_list_foreach()
  nft: Fold nftnl_rule_list_chain_save() into caller
  nft: Use nft_chain_find() in nft_chain_builtin_init()
  nft: Fix for broken address mask match detection
  extensions: libipt_icmp: Fix translation of type 'any'
  libxtables: Make sure extensions register in revision order
  libxtables: Simplify pending extension registration
  libxtables: Register multiple extensions in ascending order
  nft: Make batch_add_chain() return the added batch object
  nft: Fix error reporting for refreshed transactions
  libiptc: Avoid gcc-10 zero-length array warning
  nft: Fix for concurrent noflush restore calls
  tests: shell: Improve concurrent noflush restore test a bit