netdev - Re: [iproute PATCH] tc: m_xt: Fix segfault with iptables-1.6.0

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Date:   Thu, 12 Jan 2017 11:34:49 -0800
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [iproute PATCH] tc: m_xt: Fix segfault with iptables-1.6.0

On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:22:49 +0100
Phil Sutter <phil@....cc> wrote:

> Said iptables version introduced struct xtables_globals field
> 'compat_rev', a function pointer. Initializing it is mandatory as
> libxtables calls it without existence check.
> 
> Without this, tc segfaults when using the xt action like so:
> 
> | tc filter add dev d0 parent ffff: u32 match u32 0 0 \
> |	action xt -j MARK --set-mark 20
> 
> Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
> ---
>  tc/m_xt.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tc/m_xt.c b/tc/m_xt.c
> index dbb54981462ee..57ed40d7aa3a8 100644
> --- a/tc/m_xt.c
> +++ b/tc/m_xt.c
> @@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ static struct xtables_globals tcipt_globals = {
>  	.orig_opts = original_opts,
>  	.opts = original_opts,
>  	.exit_err = NULL,
> +#if (XTABLES_VERSION_CODE >= 11)
> +	.compat_rev = xtables_compatible_revision,
> +#endif
>  };
>  
>  /*

Ah the xtables API is not really an application friendly API by
any stretch of the imagination

Parenthesis not really necessary there.