From: Patrick McHardy <redacted>
The packet size check originates from a time when UDP helpers could
accidentally mangle incorrect packets (NEWNAT) and is unnecessary
nowadays since the conntrack helpers invoke the NAT helpers for the
proper packet directly.
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <redacted>
---
net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_helper.c | 6 ------
1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_helper.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_helper.c
index 049e8b7..af65958 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_helper.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_helper.c
@@ -253,12 +253,6 @@ nf_nat_mangle_udp_packet(struct sk_buff *skb,
struct udphdr *udph;
int datalen, oldlen;
- /* UDP helpers might accidentally mangle the wrong packet */
- iph = ip_hdr(skb);
- if (skb->len < iph->ihl*4 + sizeof(*udph) +
- match_offset + match_len)
- return 0;
-
if (!skb_make_writable(skb, skb->len))
return 0;
--
1.7.1