The nfgenmsg res_id is __be16. Unfortunately nftables batch support uses host byte order. This adds a compat workaround for old nft userspace. Suggested-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c index 0c0e8ec..2e255ad 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c @@ -276,18 +276,24 @@ enum { }; static void nfnetlink_rcv_batch(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, - u_int16_t subsys_id) + __be16 __subsys_id) { struct sk_buff *oskb = skb; struct net *net = sock_net(skb->sk); const struct nfnetlink_subsystem *ss; const struct nfnl_callback *nc; static LIST_HEAD(err_list); + u16 subsys_id = ntohs(__subsys_id); u32 status; int err; - if (subsys_id >= NFNL_SUBSYS_COUNT) - return netlink_ack(skb, nlh, -EINVAL); + if (subsys_id >= NFNL_SUBSYS_COUNT) { + /* Work around old nft using host byte order */ + if (NFNL_SUBSYS_NFTABLES != (__force __u16) __subsys_id) + return netlink_ack(skb, nlh, -EINVAL); + + subsys_id = (__force __u16) __subsys_id; + } replay: status = 0; -- 2.0.5 -- 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