[PATCH 1/3] netfilter: allow hooks to pass error code back up thestack

[Eric Paris]

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@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

 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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