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[PATCH 6.18 1443/1518] netfilter: xt_HL: add pr_fmt and checkentry validation

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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: 2026-09-12 11:27:49
Also in: linux-patches
Subsystem: netfilter, networking [general], the rest · Maintainers: Pablo Neira Ayuso, Florian Westphal, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds

6.18-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Marino Dzalto <redacted>

[ Upstream commit 24bd5c2679caf8a228d90cafa221da4b47fd6642 ]

Add pr_fmt to prefix log messages with the module name for
easier debugging in dmesg.

Add checkentry functions for IPv4 (ttl_mt_check) and IPv6
(hl_mt6_check) to validate the match mode at rule registration
time, rejecting invalid modes with -EINVAL.

The evaluation function returns false in case the mode is
unknown, so this is a cleanup, not a bug fix.

Signed-off-by: Marino Dzalto <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Stable-dep-of: 793d9eda4821 ("netfilter: x_tables: replace pr_{info,err}() by pr_info_ratelimited()")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 net/netfilter/xt_hl.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_hl.c b/net/netfilter/xt_hl.c
index c1a70f8f04417..4a12a757ecbf8 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_hl.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_hl.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * Hop Limit matching module
  * (C) 2001-2002 Maciej Soltysiak <solt@dns.toxicfilms.tv>
  */
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
 
 #include <linux/ip.h>
 #include <linux/ipv6.h>
@@ -22,6 +23,18 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS("ipt_ttl");
 MODULE_ALIAS("ip6t_hl");
 
+static int ttl_mt_check(const struct xt_mtchk_param *par)
+{
+	const struct ipt_ttl_info *info = par->matchinfo;
+
+	if (info->mode > IPT_TTL_GT) {
+		pr_err("Unknown TTL match mode: %d\n", info->mode);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static bool ttl_mt(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct xt_action_param *par)
 {
 	const struct ipt_ttl_info *info = par->matchinfo;
@@ -41,6 +54,18 @@ static bool ttl_mt(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct xt_action_param *par)
 	return false;
 }
 
+static int hl_mt6_check(const struct xt_mtchk_param *par)
+{
+	const struct ip6t_hl_info *info = par->matchinfo;
+
+	if (info->mode > IP6T_HL_GT) {
+		pr_err("Unknown Hop Limit match mode: %d\n", info->mode);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static bool hl_mt6(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct xt_action_param *par)
 {
 	const struct ip6t_hl_info *info = par->matchinfo;
@@ -65,6 +90,7 @@ static struct xt_match hl_mt_reg[] __read_mostly = {
 		.name       = "ttl",
 		.revision   = 0,
 		.family     = NFPROTO_IPV4,
+		.checkentry = ttl_mt_check,
 		.match      = ttl_mt,
 		.matchsize  = sizeof(struct ipt_ttl_info),
 		.me         = THIS_MODULE,
@@ -73,6 +99,7 @@ static struct xt_match hl_mt_reg[] __read_mostly = {
 		.name       = "hl",
 		.revision   = 0,
 		.family     = NFPROTO_IPV6,
+		.checkentry = hl_mt6_check,
 		.match      = hl_mt6,
 		.matchsize  = sizeof(struct ip6t_hl_info),
 		.me         = THIS_MODULE,
-- 
2.53.0


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