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","To":"netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org","Cc":"davem@davemloft.net,\n\tnetdev@vger.kernel.org,\n\tkuba@kernel.org,\n\tpabeni@redhat.com,\n\tedumazet@google.com,\n\tfw@strlen.de,\n\thorms@kernel.org","Subject":"[PATCH net 08/14] netfilter: xtables: restrict several matches to\n inet family","Date":"Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:30:55 +0200","Message-ID":"<20260416013101.221555-9-pablo@netfilter.org>","X-Mailer":"git-send-email 2.47.3","In-Reply-To":"<20260416013101.221555-1-pablo@netfilter.org>","References":"<20260416013101.221555-1-pablo@netfilter.org>","Precedence":"bulk","X-Mailing-List":"netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org","List-Id":"","List-Subscribe":"","List-Unsubscribe":"","MIME-Version":"1.0","Content-Transfer-Encoding":"8bit"},"content":"This is a partial revert of:\n\n commit ab4f21e6fb1c (\"netfilter: xtables: use NFPROTO_UNSPEC in more extensions\")\n\nto allow ipv4 and ipv6 only.\n\n- xt_mac\n- xt_owner\n- xt_physdev\n\nThese extensions are not used by ebtables in userspace.\n\nMoreover, xt_realm is only for ipv4, since dst->tclassid is ipv4\nspecific.\n\nFixes: ab4f21e6fb1c (\"netfilter: xtables: use NFPROTO_UNSPEC in more extensions\")\nReported-by: \"Kito Xu (veritas501)\" \nSigned-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso \n---\n net/netfilter/xt_mac.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------\n net/netfilter/xt_owner.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------\n net/netfilter/xt_physdev.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++----------\n net/netfilter/xt_realm.c | 2 +-\n 4 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)","diff":"diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_mac.c b/net/netfilter/xt_mac.c\nindex 81649da57ba5..bd2354760895 100644\n--- a/net/netfilter/xt_mac.c\n+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_mac.c\n@@ -38,25 +38,37 @@ static bool mac_mt(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct xt_action_param *par)\n \treturn ret;\n }\n \n-static struct xt_match mac_mt_reg __read_mostly = {\n-\t.name = \"mac\",\n-\t.revision = 0,\n-\t.family = NFPROTO_UNSPEC,\n-\t.match = mac_mt,\n-\t.matchsize = sizeof(struct xt_mac_info),\n-\t.hooks = (1 << NF_INET_PRE_ROUTING) | (1 << NF_INET_LOCAL_IN) |\n-\t (1 << NF_INET_FORWARD),\n-\t.me = THIS_MODULE,\n+static struct xt_match mac_mt_reg[] __read_mostly = {\n+\t{\n+\t\t.name\t\t= \"mac\",\n+\t\t.family\t\t= NFPROTO_IPV4,\n+\t\t.match\t\t= mac_mt,\n+\t\t.matchsize\t= sizeof(struct xt_mac_info),\n+\t\t.hooks\t\t= (1 << NF_INET_PRE_ROUTING) |\n+\t\t\t\t (1 << NF_INET_LOCAL_IN) |\n+\t\t\t\t (1 << NF_INET_FORWARD),\n+\t\t.me\t\t= THIS_MODULE,\n+\t},\n+\t{\n+\t\t.name\t\t= \"mac\",\n+\t\t.family\t\t= NFPROTO_IPV6,\n+\t\t.match\t\t= mac_mt,\n+\t\t.matchsize\t= sizeof(struct xt_mac_info),\n+\t\t.hooks\t\t= (1 << NF_INET_PRE_ROUTING) |\n+\t\t\t\t (1 << NF_INET_LOCAL_IN) |\n+\t\t\t\t (1 << NF_INET_FORWARD),\n+\t\t.me\t\t= THIS_MODULE,\n+\t},\n };\n \n static int __init mac_mt_init(void)\n {\n-\treturn xt_register_match(&mac_mt_reg);\n+\treturn xt_register_matches(mac_mt_reg, ARRAY_SIZE(mac_mt_reg));\n }\n \n static void __exit mac_mt_exit(void)\n {\n-\txt_unregister_match(&mac_mt_reg);\n+\txt_unregister_matches(mac_mt_reg, ARRAY_SIZE(mac_mt_reg));\n }\n \n module_init(mac_mt_init);\ndiff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_owner.c b/net/netfilter/xt_owner.c\nindex 50332888c8d2..7be2fe22b067 100644\n--- a/net/netfilter/xt_owner.c\n+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_owner.c\n@@ -127,26 +127,39 @@ owner_mt(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct xt_action_param *par)\n \treturn true;\n }\n \n-static struct xt_match owner_mt_reg __read_mostly = {\n-\t.name = \"owner\",\n-\t.revision = 1,\n-\t.family = NFPROTO_UNSPEC,\n-\t.checkentry = owner_check,\n-\t.match = owner_mt,\n-\t.matchsize = sizeof(struct xt_owner_match_info),\n-\t.hooks = (1 << NF_INET_LOCAL_OUT) |\n-\t (1 << NF_INET_POST_ROUTING),\n-\t.me = THIS_MODULE,\n+static struct xt_match owner_mt_reg[] __read_mostly = {\n+\t{\n+\t\t.name = \"owner\",\n+\t\t.revision = 1,\n+\t\t.family = NFPROTO_IPV4,\n+\t\t.checkentry = owner_check,\n+\t\t.match = owner_mt,\n+\t\t.matchsize = sizeof(struct xt_owner_match_info),\n+\t\t.hooks = (1 << NF_INET_LOCAL_OUT) |\n+\t\t\t (1 << NF_INET_POST_ROUTING),\n+\t\t.me = THIS_MODULE,\n+\t},\n+\t{\n+\t\t.name = \"owner\",\n+\t\t.revision = 1,\n+\t\t.family = NFPROTO_IPV6,\n+\t\t.checkentry = owner_check,\n+\t\t.match = owner_mt,\n+\t\t.matchsize = sizeof(struct xt_owner_match_info),\n+\t\t.hooks = (1 << NF_INET_LOCAL_OUT) |\n+\t\t\t (1 << NF_INET_POST_ROUTING),\n+\t\t.me = THIS_MODULE,\n+\t}\n };\n \n static int __init owner_mt_init(void)\n {\n-\treturn xt_register_match(&owner_mt_reg);\n+\treturn xt_register_matches(owner_mt_reg, ARRAY_SIZE(owner_mt_reg));\n }\n \n static void __exit owner_mt_exit(void)\n {\n-\txt_unregister_match(&owner_mt_reg);\n+\txt_unregister_matches(owner_mt_reg, ARRAY_SIZE(owner_mt_reg));\n }\n \n module_init(owner_mt_init);\ndiff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_physdev.c b/net/netfilter/xt_physdev.c\nindex 343e65f377d4..130842c35c6f 100644\n--- a/net/netfilter/xt_physdev.c\n+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_physdev.c\n@@ -115,24 +115,33 @@ static int physdev_mt_check(const struct xt_mtchk_param *par)\n \treturn 0;\n }\n \n-static struct xt_match physdev_mt_reg __read_mostly = {\n-\t.name = \"physdev\",\n-\t.revision = 0,\n-\t.family = NFPROTO_UNSPEC,\n-\t.checkentry = physdev_mt_check,\n-\t.match = physdev_mt,\n-\t.matchsize = sizeof(struct xt_physdev_info),\n-\t.me = THIS_MODULE,\n+static struct xt_match physdev_mt_reg[] __read_mostly = {\n+\t{\n+\t\t.name\t\t= \"physdev\",\n+\t\t.family\t\t= NFPROTO_IPV4,\n+\t\t.checkentry\t= physdev_mt_check,\n+\t\t.match\t\t= physdev_mt,\n+\t\t.matchsize\t= sizeof(struct xt_physdev_info),\n+\t\t.me\t\t= THIS_MODULE,\n+\t},\n+\t{\n+\t\t.name\t\t= \"physdev\",\n+\t\t.family\t\t= NFPROTO_IPV6,\n+\t\t.checkentry\t= physdev_mt_check,\n+\t\t.match\t\t= physdev_mt,\n+\t\t.matchsize\t= sizeof(struct xt_physdev_info),\n+\t\t.me\t\t= THIS_MODULE,\n+\t},\n };\n \n static int __init physdev_mt_init(void)\n {\n-\treturn xt_register_match(&physdev_mt_reg);\n+\treturn xt_register_matches(physdev_mt_reg, ARRAY_SIZE(physdev_mt_reg));\n }\n \n static void __exit physdev_mt_exit(void)\n {\n-\txt_unregister_match(&physdev_mt_reg);\n+\txt_unregister_matches(physdev_mt_reg, ARRAY_SIZE(physdev_mt_reg));\n }\n \n module_init(physdev_mt_init);\ndiff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_realm.c b/net/netfilter/xt_realm.c\nindex 6df485f4403d..61b2f1e58d15 100644\n--- a/net/netfilter/xt_realm.c\n+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_realm.c\n@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static struct xt_match realm_mt_reg __read_mostly = {\n \t.matchsize\t= sizeof(struct xt_realm_info),\n \t.hooks\t\t= (1 << NF_INET_POST_ROUTING) | (1 << NF_INET_FORWARD) |\n \t\t\t (1 << NF_INET_LOCAL_OUT) | (1 << NF_INET_LOCAL_IN),\n-\t.family\t\t= NFPROTO_UNSPEC,\n+\t.family\t\t= NFPROTO_IPV4,\n \t.me\t\t= THIS_MODULE\n };\n \n","prefixes":["net","08/14"]}