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Jakub Kicinski 03a1569c2b Merge tag 'nf-next-26-04-10' of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netfilter/nf-next
Florian Westphal says:

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netfilter: updates for net-next

1-3) IPVS updates from Julian Anastasov to enhance visibility into
     IPVS internal state by exposing hash size, load factor etc and
     allows userspace to tune the load factor used for resizing hash
     tables.

4) reject empty/not nul terminated device names from xt_physdev.
   This isn't a bug fix; existing code doesn't require a c-string.
   But clean this up anyway because conceptually the interface name
   definitely should be a c-string.

5) Switch nfnetlink to skb_mac_header helpers that didn't exist back
   when this code was written.  This gives us additional debug checks
   but is not intended to change functionality.

6) Let the xt ttl/hoplimit match reject unknown operator modes.
   This is a cleanup, the evaluation function simply returns false when
   the mode is out of range.  From Marino Dzalto.

7) xt_socket match should enable defrag after all other checks. This
   bug is harmless, historically defrag could not be disabled either
   except by rmmod.

8) remove UDP-Lite conntrack support, from Fernando Fernandez Mancera.

9) Avoid a couple -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings in the old
   xtables 32bit compat code, from Gustavo A. R. Silva.

10) nftables fwd expression should drop packets when their ttl/hl has
    expired.  This is a bug fix deferred, its not deemed important
    enough for -rc8.
11) Add additional checks before assuming the mac header is an ethernet
    header, from Zhengchuan Liang.

* tag 'nf-next-26-04-10' of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netfilter/nf-next:
  netfilter: require Ethernet MAC header before using eth_hdr()
  netfilter: nft_fwd_netdev: check ttl/hl before forwarding
  netfilter: x_tables: Avoid a couple -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings
  netfilter: conntrack: remove UDP-Lite conntrack support
  netfilter: xt_socket: enable defrag after all other checks
  netfilter: xt_HL: add pr_fmt and checkentry validation
  netfilter: nfnetlink: prefer skb_mac_header helpers
  netfilter: x_physdev: reject empty or not-nul terminated device names
  ipvs: add conn_lfactor and svc_lfactor sysctl vars
  ipvs: add ip_vs_status info
  ipvs: show the current conn_tab size to users
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Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260410112352.23599-1-fw@strlen.de
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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