On Sat, Jul 23, 2022 at 09:48:56AM +0200, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 04:20:32PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >
> > Bug report.
> >
> > Input
> > =====
> > *raw
> > :PREROUTING ACCEPT [0:0]
> > :OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
> > -A PREROUTING -i lo -j CT --notrack
> > -A PREROUTING -i ve-+ -p tcp --dport 21 -j CT --helper ftp
> > COMMIT
> >
> >
> > Output
> > ======
> > # Translated by iptables-restore-translate v1.8.8 on Thu Jul 21 16:18:58 2022
> > add table ip raw
> > add chain ip raw PREROUTING { type filter hook prerouting priority -300; policy accept; }
> > add chain ip raw OUTPUT { type filter hook output priority -300; policy accept; }
> > add rule ip raw PREROUTING iifname "lo" counter notrack
> > # -t raw -A PREROUTING -i ve-+ -p tcp --dport 21 -j CT --helper ftp
> > # Completed on Thu Jul 21 16:18:58 2022
>
> the problem with this translation is that nftables expects the helper
> to be set after the input conntrack hook.
for the sake of clarity:
NF_IP_PRI_CONNTRACK = -200 in the prerouting hook.
which is coming _after_ the NF_IP_PRI_RAW = -300
> IIRC Florian preferred not to use the conntrack template (which is
> used before the conntrack object is attached to the skb). Instead, the
> help is attached once after the conntrack lookup.
>
> > Expected output
> > ===============
> > An nft rule involving port 21.
