This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled netfilter: nf_tables: do not compare internal table flags on updates to the 6.7-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-do-not-compare-internal-table-fl.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.7 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit 7185fcac142a2b1e55bd01429621e311c5b5ae28 Author: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu Mar 14 18:51:38 2024 +0100 netfilter: nf_tables: do not compare internal table flags on updates [ Upstream commit 4a0e7f2decbf9bd72461226f1f5f7dcc4b08f139 ] Restore skipping transaction if table update does not modify flags. Fixes: 179d9ba5559a ("netfilter: nf_tables: fix table flag updates") Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c index 79e088e6f103e..85d9e1394330c 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c @@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ static int nf_tables_updtable(struct nft_ctx *ctx) if (flags & ~NFT_TABLE_F_MASK) return -EOPNOTSUPP; - if (flags == ctx->table->flags) + if (flags == (ctx->table->flags & NFT_TABLE_F_MASK)) return 0; if ((nft_table_has_owner(ctx->table) &&