This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled netfilter: nf_tables: fix a wrong check to skip the inactive rules to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: netfilter-nf_tables-fix-a-wrong-check-to-skip-the-inactive-rules.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 8fff1722f705ce5023a0d6d77a31a9d013be2a34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Liping Zhang <liping.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 20:13:04 +0800 Subject: netfilter: nf_tables: fix a wrong check to skip the inactive rules From: Liping Zhang <liping.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 8fff1722f705ce5023a0d6d77a31a9d013be2a34 upstream. nft_genmask_cur has already done left-shift operator on the gencursor, so there's no need to do left-shift operator on it again. Fixes: ea4bd995b0f2 ("netfilter: nf_tables: add transaction helper functions") Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Liping Zhang <liping.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ next_rule: list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu(rule, &chain->rules, list) { /* This rule is not active, skip. */ - if (unlikely(rule->genmask & (1 << gencursor))) + if (unlikely(rule->genmask & gencursor)) continue; rulenum++; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from liping.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.4/netfilter-nf_tables-fix-a-wrong-check-to-skip-the-inactive-rules.patch