Re: [PATCH nft] exthdr: avoid crash with older kernels

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On Tue, Apr 04, 2017 at 08:46:46PM +0200, Florian Westphal wrote:
> if kernel is older it won't understand the EXTHDR_OP attribute, i.e.
> the rule gets accepted as a check for ipv6 exthdr.
> 
> On dump nft is then presented with a invalid ipv6 exthdr.
> So we need to get rid of the assert and output an "invalid" message on
> list.  Longterm we need a proper vm description or kernel-side check
> to reject such messages in first place.
> 
> After patch, test suite yields erros of type
> ip6/tcpopt.t: WARNING: 'src/nft add rule --debug=netlink ip6 test-ip6 \
>    input tcp option sack right 1': 'tcp option sack right 1' mismatches
> 'ip6 nexthdr 6 unknown-exthdr unknown 0x1 [invalid type]'
> 
> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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