[SRU Request] conntrack mark is not advertised via netlink

[Nicolas Dichtel]

Hi Luke,

Le 13/04/2023 à 17:55, Luke Nowakowski-Krijger a écrit :
> Hi Nicolas,
> 
> On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 8:01 AM Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel at 6wind.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Ubuntu kernel team,
>>
>> the last merge of the v5.15 stable (see
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/2003134) has
>> introduced a
>> bug on netlink netfilter conntrack messages.
>> The problematic commit is 95fcb42e5f20 ("netfilter: ctnetlink: fix
>> compilation
>> warning after data race fixes in ct mark"):
>>
>> https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/jammy/commit/?id=95fcb42e5f20
>>
>> This bug has been fixed in upstream commit 9f7dd42f0db1 ("netfilter:
>> ctnetlink:
>> revert to dumping mark regardless of event type"):
>>
>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9f7dd42f0db1
>>
>> which has been backported in v5.15.103:
>>
>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=bef8cf77e21c
>>
>> Should I open a lanchpad entry to request this backport?
>>
> 
> Yes, that would be good.
Here it is:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/2016269

> 
> 
>> Do you know when the v5.15.103 will be merged in the jammy kernel?
>>
>>
> Since we haven't really processed that version yet I would guess that we
> would release a kernel with that version at a minimum in the next two
> cycles (~2 months). But that is no guarantee either.
> 
> If you think that bug should be SRU'd before that then feel free to open a
> Launchpad bug. Since its already backported in a stable tree it should be a
> pretty straight forward cherry-pick.
I would be nice to have it asap.

> 
> Thank you per usual for pointing out these bugs+fixes!
Thank you for your responsiveness ;-)


Regards,
Nicolas