Subject: Re: [PATCH] netfilter: xt_HL: add pr_fmt, default case and NULL checks

From: Florian Westphal <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 21:46:56 +0200

Marino Dzalto <[email-masked]> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Marino Dzalto <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  net/netfilter/xt_hl.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_hl.c b/net/netfilter/xt_hl.c
> index c1a70f8f0..9434d5ca8 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 <[email-masked]>
>   */
> +#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
>  
>  #include <linux/ip.h>
>  #include <linux/ipv6.h>
> @@ -25,7 +26,12 @@ MODULE_ALIAS("ip6t_hl");
>  static bool ttl_mt(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct xt_action_param *par)
>  {
>  	const struct ipt_ttl_info *info = par->matchinfo;
> -	const u8 ttl = ip_hdr(skb)->ttl;
> +	const u8 ttl;
> +
> +	if (!skb)
> +		return false;

If this was NULL we'd have crashed already.

>  	case IPT_TTL_GT:
>  		return ttl > info->ttl;
> +	default:
> +		pr_warn("Unknown TTL match mode: %d\n", info->mode);
> +		return false;

Please add a .checkentry function and reject this from there.