If a user program specifies CTA_HELP but the argument matches the
current conntrack helper name, ignore it instead of generating an error.
Signed-off-by: Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c | 13 +++++++++----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index cc59f388928e..2912f582da65 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -1472,14 +1472,19 @@ ctnetlink_change_helper(struct nf_conn *ct, const struct nlattr * const cda[])
struct nlattr *helpinfo = NULL;
int err;
- /* don't change helper of sibling connections */
- if (ct->master)
- return -EBUSY;
-
err = ctnetlink_parse_help(cda[CTA_HELP], &helpname, &helpinfo);
if (err < 0)
return err;
+ /* don't change helper of sibling connections */
+ if (ct->master) {
+ if (help && help->helper &&
+ !strcmp(help->helper->name, helpname))
+ return 0;
+ else
+ return -EBUSY;
+ }
+
if (!strcmp(helpname, "")) {
if (help && help->helper) {
/* we had a helper before ... */
--
2.7.4
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