AddSet silently fails (!) when adding IP addresses with too many bytes (without To4() call)

[bensarifathi]

Hi am facing trouble when using this package i can't load my rule this is my code :

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"net"

	"github.com/google/nftables"
	"github.com/google/nftables/expr"
)

func main() {
	c := &nftables.Conn{}

	// Basic boilerplate; create a table & chain.
	table := &nftables.Table{
		Family: nftables.TableFamilyIPv4,
		Name:   "ip_filter",
	}
	table = c.AddTable(table)

	myChain := c.AddChain(&nftables.Chain{
		Name:     "filter_chain",
		Table:    table,
		Type:     nftables.ChainTypeFilter,
		Hooknum:  nftables.ChainHookInput,
		Priority: nftables.ChainPriorityFilter,
	})

	set := &nftables.Set{
		Name:    "whitelist",
		Table:   table,
		KeyType: nftables.TypeIPAddr, // our keys are IPv4 addresses
	}

	// Create the set with a bunch of initial values.
	if err := c.AddSet(set, []nftables.SetElement{
		{Key: net.ParseIP("8.8.8.8")},
	}); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err.Error())
	}

	c.AddRule(&nftables.Rule{
		Table: table,
		Chain: myChain,
		Exprs: []expr.Any{
			// [ payload load 4b @ network header + 16 => reg 1 ]
			&expr.Payload{
				DestRegister: 1,
				Base:         expr.PayloadBaseNetworkHeader,
				Offset:       16,
				Len:          4,
			},
			// [ lookup reg 1 set whitelist ]
			&expr.Lookup{
				SourceRegister: 1,
				SetName:        set.Name,
				SetID:          set.ID,
			},
			//[ immediate reg 0 drop ]
			&expr.Verdict{
				Kind: expr.VerdictDrop,
			},
		},
	})
	if err := c.Flush(); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err.Error())
	}
	rules, _ := c.GetRule(table, myChain)
	fmt.Println(rules)
}

after executing my code and run the following command : sudo nft list ruleset i expect to found my configured config but i found nothing. is this a compatibility problem ?

[stapelberg]

I haven’t had a chance to look at your code yet, but I’m using this package on Linux 5.14.1 (latest kernel release) without any issues.

[bensarifathi]

my previous kernel version was 5.4.0-77-generic so i've decided to update my kernel to 5.14.2-051402-generic but the problem
is still the same.

[stapelberg]

This part of your code:

	// Create the set with a bunch of initial values.
	if err := c.AddSet(set, []nftables.SetElement{
		{Key: net.ParseIP("8.8.8.8")},
	}); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err.Error())
	}

…is missing a To4() call:

	// Create the set with a bunch of initial values.
	if err := c.AddSet(set, []nftables.SetElement{
		{Key: net.ParseIP("8.8.8.8").To4()},
	}); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err.Error())
	}

When I change that, it works.

I don’t know why no error message is generated with the wrong code, though :-/

[bensarifathi]

@stapelberg indeed now the program work just fine thank you so much.

[pepa65]

I don’t know why no error message is generated with the wrong code, though :-/

Probably because it doesn't check for the length of the []byte but just takes the first 4 (and the 8.8.8.8 are in the last 4).