From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@xxxxxxxxx> The packet size check originates from a time when UDP helpers could accidentally mangle incorrect packets (NEWNAT) and is unnecessary nowadays since the conntrack helpers invoke the NAT helpers for the proper packet directly. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_helper.c | 6 ------ 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_helper.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_helper.c index 049e8b7..af65958 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_helper.c +++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_helper.c @@ -253,12 +253,6 @@ nf_nat_mangle_udp_packet(struct sk_buff *skb, struct udphdr *udph; int datalen, oldlen; - /* UDP helpers might accidentally mangle the wrong packet */ - iph = ip_hdr(skb); - if (skb->len < iph->ihl*4 + sizeof(*udph) + - match_offset + match_len) - return 0; - if (!skb_make_writable(skb, skb->len)) return 0; -- 1.7.2.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
