netdev - [PATCH net-next 04/10] netfilter: nf_conntrack: enable icmp clash support

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Message-ID: <20260120191803.22208-5-fw@strlen.de>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 20:17:57 +0100
From: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	<netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
	pablo@...filter.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 04/10] netfilter: nf_conntrack: enable icmp clash support

Not strictly required, but should not be harmful either:
This isn't a stateful protocol, hence clash resolution should work fine.

Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_icmp.c   | 1 +
 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_icmpv6.c | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_icmp.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_icmp.c
index b38b7164acd5..32148a3a8509 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_icmp.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_icmp.c
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ void nf_conntrack_icmp_init_net(struct net *net)
 const struct nf_conntrack_l4proto nf_conntrack_l4proto_icmp =
 {
 	.l4proto		= IPPROTO_ICMP,
+	.allow_clash		= true,
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NF_CT_NETLINK)
 	.tuple_to_nlattr	= icmp_tuple_to_nlattr,
 	.nlattr_tuple_size	= icmp_nlattr_tuple_size,
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_icmpv6.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_icmpv6.c
index 327b8059025d..e508b3aa370a 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_icmpv6.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_icmpv6.c
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ void nf_conntrack_icmpv6_init_net(struct net *net)
 const struct nf_conntrack_l4proto nf_conntrack_l4proto_icmpv6 =
 {
 	.l4proto		= IPPROTO_ICMPV6,
+	.allow_clash		= true,
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NF_CT_NETLINK)
 	.tuple_to_nlattr	= icmpv6_tuple_to_nlattr,
 	.nlattr_tuple_size	= icmpv6_nlattr_tuple_size,
-- 
2.52.0