This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled netfilter: nf_tables: disallow anonymous set with timeout flag to the 5.4-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-disallow-anonymous-set-with-timeout-flag.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.4 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 16603605b667b70da974bea8216c93e7db043bf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2024 00:11:10 +0100 Subject: netfilter: nf_tables: disallow anonymous set with timeout flag From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 16603605b667b70da974bea8216c93e7db043bf1 upstream. Anonymous sets are never used with timeout from userspace, reject this. Exception to this rule is NFT_SET_EVAL to ensure legacy meters still work. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: 761da2935d6e ("netfilter: nf_tables: add set timeout API support") Reported-by: lonial con <kongln9170@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) --- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c @@ -3769,6 +3769,9 @@ static int nf_tables_newset(struct net * if ((flags & (NFT_SET_EVAL | NFT_SET_OBJECT)) == (NFT_SET_EVAL | NFT_SET_OBJECT)) return -EOPNOTSUPP; + if ((flags & (NFT_SET_ANONYMOUS | NFT_SET_TIMEOUT | NFT_SET_EVAL)) == + (NFT_SET_ANONYMOUS | NFT_SET_TIMEOUT)) + return -EOPNOTSUPP; } dtype = 0; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-5.4/netfilter-nf_tables-reject-constant-set-with-timeout.patch queue-5.4/netfilter-nf_tables-mark-set-as-dead-when-unbinding-anonymous-set-with-timeout.patch queue-5.4/netfilter-nf_tables-disallow-anonymous-set-with-timeout-flag.patch