kern/53966: IPFilter module does not support IPv6

Samuel Tardieu sam at rfc1149.net
Tue Jul 1 06:40:13 PDT 2003


>Number:         53966
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       IPFilter module does not support IPv6
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jul 01 06:40:09 PDT 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Samuel Tardieu
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD willow 4.8-STABLE FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE #15: Tue Jul 1 15:22:12 CEST 2003 root at willow:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/WILLOW i386


	
>Description:

If IPFilter is compiled as a kernel module (ipl), IPv6 rules cannot be
loaded:

# kldload ipl
# cat /tmp/t
pass out all
# ipf -6 -f /tmp/t
1:ioctl(add/insert rule): No such process

while IPv4 rules (ipf without -6) work perfectly.

If IPFilter is compiled in-kernel (options IPFILTER), then ipf -6 works
as expected.

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>Fix:

	


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