(sorry, meant to reply on-list the first time) On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 11:09:32PM +0000, Roger Hayter wrote: > This may be a SuSE-specific question but a) no one answered it there, > and b) there may be a more general answer. I just updated to the latest > kernel patch on SuSE 8.1. Now using 2.4.21-151-athlon. This is patched > for the latest (brk) vulnerability, as well as being a newer kernel. I > think the previous kernel was 2.4.19, also optimised by SuSE for AMD. > Iptables rules containing -m owner now give "Invalid Argument" when run. > A few experiments suggest this is a general failure of the module, not > just a particular filter line. It is successfully loaded, and gives a > different error message if, for instance, I use --uid-owner with an > invalid userid. Needless to say, this worked before the kernel upgrade. > Iptables version is 1.2.7a, as distributed by SuSE. Anyone know why this > might be and whether it is better to try a newer version of iptables, or > is it likely to need recompiling for some reason? I presume all the > modules are already recompiled by SuSE. The netfilter kernel headers changed with 2.4.20. Recompile iptables with the newer kernel headers.
