From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH nf,v1 4/4] netfilter: nf_conntrack_helper: cap maximum number of expectation at helper registration
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 07:46:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260623054635.335065-4-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260623054635.335065-1-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>
---
v1: resend to let sashiko pick in with this batch.
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..a7fffe26b830 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
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-23 5:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-23 5:46 [PATCH nf,v1 1/4] netfilter: ctnetlink: do not allow to reset helper on existing conntrack Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-23 5:46 ` [PATCH nf,v1 2/4] netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: store master_tuple in expectation Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-23 5:46 ` [PATCH nf,v1 3/4] netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: run expectation eviction with no helper Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-23 5:46 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
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