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* [nf-next PATCH] netfilter: nf_tables: Return info of added rules back to user space
@ 2017-05-04 12:34 Phil Sutter
  2017-05-04 13:35 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Phil Sutter @ 2017-05-04 12:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Pablo Neira Ayuso; +Cc: netfilter-devel, Florian Westphal

This allows user space to reliably match kernel generated handles with
added rules for reference.

Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 1c6482d2c4dcf..71bce5d024409 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -2142,6 +2142,7 @@ static int nf_tables_newrule(struct net *net, struct sock *nlsk,
 	struct nft_userdata *udata;
 	struct nft_trans *trans = NULL;
 	struct nft_expr *expr;
+	struct sk_buff *skb2;
 	struct nft_ctx ctx;
 	struct nlattr *tmp;
 	unsigned int size, i, n, ulen = 0, usize = 0;
@@ -2281,8 +2282,24 @@ static int nf_tables_newrule(struct net *net, struct sock *nlsk,
 		goto err3;
 	}
 	chain->use++;
-	return 0;
 
+	skb2 = alloc_skb(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!skb2) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err4;
+	}
+	err = nf_tables_fill_rule_info(skb2, net, NETLINK_CB(skb).portid,
+				       nlh->nlmsg_seq, NFT_MSG_NEWRULE, 0,
+				       nfmsg->nfgen_family, table, chain, rule);
+	if (err < 0)
+		goto err5;
+
+	return nlmsg_unicast(nlsk, skb2, NETLINK_CB(skb).portid);
+
+err5:
+	kfree_skb(skb2);
+err4:
+	chain->use--;
 err3:
 	list_del_rcu(&rule->list);
 err2:
-- 
2.11.0


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