[Bug 290243] pf: cannot define table table-name: Cannot allocate memory
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 23:04:14 UTC
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=290243
Bug ID: 290243
Summary: pf: cannot define table table-name: Cannot allocate
memory
Product: Base System
Version: CURRENT
Hardware: Any
OS: Any
Status: New
Severity: Affects Only Me
Priority: ---
Component: kern
Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org
Reporter: olivier@freebsd.org
Here is a reproducible problem on 14 and current (script attached) on x86 and
ARM:
We can’t load a table multiples time (like a blacklist table in crontab).
How to reproduce:
sh ./pf-big-table.sh
Id Refs Name
535 1 pf
Loading a public IPv4 blocklist
prod_data-shield_ipv4_blocklist.txt 1390 kB 1150 kBps 01s
System’s net.pf.request_maxcount (65535) too small to load this 99766 elements
table
Increasing it...
net.pf.request_maxcount: 65535 -> 99767
System configured with net.pf.request_maxcount 65535 loading a 99766 table
multiple times
Try: 1
current VM usage
ITEM SIZE LIMIT USED FREE REQ FAIL SLEEP XDOM
pf table entries: 160, 200000, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
Try: 2
current VM usage
ITEM SIZE LIMIT USED FREE REQ FAIL SLEEP XDOM
pf table entries: 160, 200000, 99767, 58, 99767, 0, 0, 0
Try: 3
current VM usage
ITEM SIZE LIMIT USED FREE REQ FAIL SLEEP XDOM
pf table entries: 160, 200000, 99767, 99883, 199534, 0, 0, 0
pf.conf:1: cannot define table shield_ipv4.blocklist: Cannot allocate memory
pfctl: Syntax error in config file: pf rules not loaded
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