netdev - [PATCH 1/3] netfilter: allow hooks to pass error code back up the stack

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Date:	Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:52:38 -0500
From:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	selinux@...ho.nsa.gov, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	eparis@...hat.com, equinox@...c24.net, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	davem@...emloft.net, hzhong@...il.com, jmorris@...ei.org,
	kaber@...sh.net, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, paul.moore@...com,
	pekkas@...core.fi, sds@...ho.nsa.gov, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] netfilter: allow hooks to pass error code back up the
	stack

SELinux would like to pass certain fatal errors back up the stack.  This patch
implements the generic netfilter support for this functionality.

Based-on-patch-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
---

 include/linux/netfilter.h |    2 ++
 net/netfilter/core.c      |    6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter.h b/include/linux/netfilter.h
index 03317c8..1893837 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfilter.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfilter.h
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 
 #define NF_QUEUE_NR(x) ((((x) << NF_VERDICT_BITS) & NF_VERDICT_QMASK) | NF_QUEUE)
 
+#define NF_DROP_ERR(x) (((-x) << NF_VERDICT_BITS) | NF_DROP)
+
 /* only for userspace compatibility */
 #ifndef __KERNEL__
 /* Generic cache responses from hook functions.
diff --git a/net/netfilter/core.c b/net/netfilter/core.c
index 85dabb8..32fcbe2 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/core.c
@@ -173,9 +173,11 @@ next_hook:
 			     outdev, &elem, okfn, hook_thresh);
 	if (verdict == NF_ACCEPT || verdict == NF_STOP) {
 		ret = 1;
-	} else if (verdict == NF_DROP) {
+	} else if ((verdict & NF_VERDICT_MASK) == NF_DROP) {
 		kfree_skb(skb);
-		ret = -EPERM;
+		ret = -(verdict >> NF_VERDICT_BITS);
+		if (ret == 0)
+			ret = -EPERM;
 	} else if ((verdict & NF_VERDICT_MASK) == NF_QUEUE) {
 		if (!nf_queue(skb, elem, pf, hook, indev, outdev, okfn,
 			      verdict >> NF_VERDICT_BITS))

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