Re: [PATCH] netfilter: nft_socket: socket expressions for GID & UID

[Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>]

On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 11:05:09PM +0200, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 07:35:06PM +0300, Topi Miettinen wrote:
> > On 21.4.2022 0.15, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Wednesday 2022-04-20 20:54, Topi Miettinen wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Add socket expressions for checking GID or UID of the originating
> > > > socket. These work also on input side, unlike meta skuid/skgid.
> > > 
> > > Why exactly is it that meta skuid does not work?
> > > Because of the skb_to_full_sk() call in nft_meta_get_eval_skugid()?
> > 
> > I don't know the details, but early demux isn't reliable and filters aren't
> > run after final demux. In my case, something like "ct state new meta skuid <
> > 1000 drop" as part of input filter doesn't do anything. Making "meta skuid"
> > 100% reliable would be of course preferable to adding a new expression.
> 
> Could you give a try to this kernel patch?
> 
> This patch adds a new socket hook for inet layer 4 protocols, it is
> coming after the NF_LOCAL_IN hook, where the socket information is
> available for all cases.
> 
> You also need a small patch for userspace nft.

Quickly tested it with:

 table inet x {
        chain y {
                type filter hook socket priority 0; policy accept;
                counter
        }
 }