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 6.6-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-6.6 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 070392061b2882895250ed62fb0de5733422d7ef
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 8808d78d65235..a7f10941a935a 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ 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) &&
