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281282e9
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| 13-Feb-2026 |
Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org> |
pf: convert DIOCRTSTADDRS to netlink
Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")
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1e7665e3
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| 12-Feb-2026 |
Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org> |
libpfctl: verify all parsers
List all currently defined parsers in 'all_parsers', and pass them to SNL_VERIFY_PARSERS(). This will detect incorrect odering in parsers, which will help us detect othe
libpfctl: verify all parsers
List all currently defined parsers in 'all_parsers', and pass them to SNL_VERIFY_PARSERS(). This will detect incorrect odering in parsers, which will help us detect otherwise subtle bugs.
Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")
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363b57d5
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| 12-Feb-2026 |
Eric A. Borisch <eborisch@gmail.com> |
libpfctl: Sort order of snl attribute parser
snl atttribute parsers must be sorted by type, so PF_GS_BCOUNTERS (16) must follow PF_GF_PCOUNTERS (15). Fix ordering and add a call to SNL_VERIFY_PARSE
libpfctl: Sort order of snl attribute parser
snl atttribute parsers must be sorted by type, so PF_GS_BCOUNTERS (16) must follow PF_GF_PCOUNTERS (15). Fix ordering and add a call to SNL_VERIFY_PARSERS.
Without this fix, byte counters reported by 'pfctl -s info' with a loginterface are always zero.
PR: 291763 MFC after: 1 week Reviewed by: kp Signed-off-by: eborisch@gmail.com
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8716d8c7
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| 12-Jan-2026 |
Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org> |
pf: configurable action on limiter exceeded
This change extends pf(4) limiters so administrator can specify action the rule executes when limit is reached. By default when limit is reached the limit
pf: configurable action on limiter exceeded
This change extends pf(4) limiters so administrator can specify action the rule executes when limit is reached. By default when limit is reached the limiter overrides action specified by rule to no-match. If administrator wants to block packet instead then rule with limiter should be changed to:
pass in from any to any state limiter test (block)
OK dlg@
Obtained from: OpenBSD, sashan <sashan@openbsd.org>, 04394254d9 Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")
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c72fb110
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| 06-Jan-2026 |
Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org> |
pf: convert state limiter interface to netlink
This is a new feature with new ioctl calls, so we can safely remove them right now.
Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")
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46164812
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| 30-Dec-2025 |
Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org> |
pf: introduce source and state limiters
both source and state limiters can provide constraints on the number of states that a set of rules can create, and optionally the rate at which they are creat
pf: introduce source and state limiters
both source and state limiters can provide constraints on the number of states that a set of rules can create, and optionally the rate at which they are created. state limiters have a single limit, but source limiters apply limits against a source address (or network). the source address entries are dynamically created and destroyed, and are also limited.
this started out because i was struggling to understand the source and state tracking options in pf.conf, and looking at the code made it worse. it looked like some functionality was missing, and the code also did some things that surprised me. taking a step back from it, even it if did work, what is described doesn't work well outside very simple environments.
the functionality i'm talking about is most of the stuff in the Stateful Tracking Options section of pf.conf(4).
some of the problems are illustrated one of the simplest options: the "max number" option that limits the number of states that a rule is allowed to create:
- wiring limits up to rules is a problem because when you load a new ruleset the limit is reset, allowing more states to be created than you intended. - a single "rule" in pf.conf can expand to multiple rules in the kernel thanks to things like macro expansion for multiple ports. "max 1000" on a line in pf.conf could end up being many times that in effect. - when a state limit on a rule is reached, the packet is dropped. this makes it difficult to do other things with the packet, such a redirect it to a tarpit or another server that replies with an outage notices or such.
a state limiter solves these problems. the example from the pf.conf.5 change demonstrates this:
An example use case for a state limiter is to restrict the number of connections allowed to a service that is accessible via multiple protocols, e.g. a DNS server that can be accessed by both TCP and UDP on port 53, DNS-over-TLS on TCP port 853, and DNS-over-HTTPS on TCP port 443 can be limited to 1000 concurrent connections:
state limiter "dns-server" id 1 limit 1000
pass in proto { tcp udp } to port domain state limiter "dns-server" pass in proto tcp to port { 853 443 } state limiter "dns-server"
a single limit across all these protocols can't be implemented with per rule state limits, and any limits that were applied are reset if the ruleset is reloaded.
the existing source-track implementation appears to be incomplete, i could only see code for "source-track global", but not "source-track rule". source-track global is too heavy and unweildy a hammer, and source-track rule would suffer the same issues around rule lifetimes and expansions that the "max number" state tracking config above has.
a slightly expanded example from the pf.conf.5 change for source limiters:
An example use for a source limiter is the mitigation of denial of service caused by the exhaustion of firewall resources by network or port scans from outside the network. The states created by any one scanner from any one source address can be limited to avoid impacting other sources. Below, up to 10000 IPv4 hosts and IPv6 /64 networks from the external network are each limited to a maximum of 1000 connections, and are rate limited to creating 100 states over a 10 second interval:
source limiter "internet" id 1 entries 10000 \ limit 1000 rate 100/10 \ inet6 mask 64
block in on egress pass in quick on egress source limiter "internet" pass in on egress proto tcp probability 20% rdr-to $tarpit
the extra bit is if the source limiter doesn't have "space" for the state, the rule doesn't match and you can fall through to tarpitting 20% of the tcp connections for fun.
i've been using this in anger in production for over 3 years now.
sashan@ has been poking me along (slowly) to get it in a good enough shape for the tree for a long time. it's been one of those years.
bluhm@ says this doesnt break the regress tests. ok sashan@
Obtained from: OpenBSD, dlg <dlg@openbsd.org>, 8463cae72e Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")
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96c7e70c
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| 29-Dec-2025 |
Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org> |
pf: convert DIOCRCLRASTATS to netlink
Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")
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c2e7a523
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| 29-Dec-2025 |
Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org> |
pf: move DIOCRCLRASTATS into libpfctl
Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")
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823ebd7c
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| 21-Dec-2025 |
Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org> |
libpfctl: export a get states variant that takes a pfctl_handle
Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")
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ad7f49f9
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| 17-Dec-2025 |
Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org> |
libpfctl: fix tstats address count
Reported by: Marcos Mendoza <mmendoza@netgate.com> See also: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/16588 Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")
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08f54dfc
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| 04-Dec-2025 |
Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org> |
pf: convert DIOCRGETASTATS to netlink
Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")
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4aa79010
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| 02-Dec-2025 |
Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org> |
pfctl: move astats query into libpfctl
Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")
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238ad591
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| 25-Nov-2025 |
Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org> |
libpfctl: improve error handling
If we fail to open /dev/pf don't try to close it again. That would result in errno getting overwritten by close(), hiding potentially useful information.
MFC after:
libpfctl: improve error handling
If we fail to open /dev/pf don't try to close it again. That would result in errno getting overwritten by close(), hiding potentially useful information.
MFC after: 2 weeks Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")
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f27e44e2
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| 04-Nov-2025 |
Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org> |
pf: convert DIOCRGETADDRS to netlink
Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")
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9bb1c46b
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| 03-Nov-2025 |
Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org> |
libpfctl: fix error handling
In two cases we returned E2BIG where it should have been a boolean ('false').
MFC after: 1 week Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")
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08ed87a4
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| 31-Oct-2025 |
Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org> |
pf: convert DIOCRSETADDRS to netlink
The list of addresses is potentially very large. Larger than we can fit in a single netlink request, so we indicate via the PFR_FLAG_START/PFR_FLAG_DONE flags wh
pf: convert DIOCRSETADDRS to netlink
The list of addresses is potentially very large. Larger than we can fit in a single netlink request, so we indicate via the PFR_FLAG_START/PFR_FLAG_DONE flags when we start and finish, so the kernel can work out which addresses need to be removed.
Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")
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a943a96a
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| 25-Oct-2025 |
Jose Luis Duran <jlduran@FreeBSD.org> |
libpfctl: Fix displaying deeply nested anchors
Set the number of rulesets (i.e., anchors) directly attached to the anchor and its path in pfctl_get_ruleset().
While here, add a test to document thi
libpfctl: Fix displaying deeply nested anchors
Set the number of rulesets (i.e., anchors) directly attached to the anchor and its path in pfctl_get_ruleset().
While here, add a test to document this behavior.
PR: 290478 Reviewed by: kp Fixes: 041ce1d690f1 ("pfctl: recursively flush rules and tables") MFC after: 2 days Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D53358
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bdb205c5
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| 01-Oct-2025 |
Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org> |
libpfctl: fix memory leak in pfctl_get_status()
Remember to also free ncounters.
Fixes: c00aca9a71 ("pf: Show pf fragment reassembly counters.") MFC after: 3 days Sponsored by: Rubicon Communicati
libpfctl: fix memory leak in pfctl_get_status()
Remember to also free ncounters.
Fixes: c00aca9a71 ("pf: Show pf fragment reassembly counters.") MFC after: 3 days Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")
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b84666f7
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| 28-Aug-2025 |
Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org> |
pf: export expiration time as time_t
time_t has a different size on different platforms (i.e. 32-bit on i386, 64-bit on others). Rather than always exporting it as 64-bits use the platform-native si
pf: export expiration time as time_t
time_t has a different size on different platforms (i.e. 32-bit on i386, 64-bit on others). Rather than always exporting it as 64-bits use the platform-native size. This means we can safely write directly into a time_t variable, which we can't do on i386 eif we export 64 bits.
Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")
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b9d652bb
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| 27-Aug-2025 |
Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org> |
pf: print 'once' rule expire time
Obtained from: OpenBSD, sashan <sashan@openbsd.org>, 8cf23eed7f Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")
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c00aca9a
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| 21-Aug-2025 |
Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org> |
pf: Show pf fragment reassembly counters.
Framgent count and statistics are stored in struct pf_status. From there pfctl(8) and systat(1) collect and show them. Note that pfctl -s info needs the -
pf: Show pf fragment reassembly counters.
Framgent count and statistics are stored in struct pf_status. From there pfctl(8) and systat(1) collect and show them. Note that pfctl -s info needs the -v switch to show fragments.
input claudio@; OK henning@
Obtained from: OpenBSD, bluhm <bluhm@openbsd.org>, 19e99d0613 Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")
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932ec59d
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| 12-Aug-2025 |
Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org> |
pf: fix ICMP type/code representation
internal representation of icmp type/code in pfctl(8)/pf(4) does not fit into u_int8_t. Issue has been noticed and kindly reported by amalinin _at_ bh0.amt.ru v
pf: fix ICMP type/code representation
internal representation of icmp type/code in pfctl(8)/pf(4) does not fit into u_int8_t. Issue has been noticed and kindly reported by amalinin _at_ bh0.amt.ru via bugs@.
OK bluhm@
Obtained from: OpenBSD, sashan <sashan@openbsd.org>, 1fdb608f55 Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")
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094a6028
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| 18-Aug-2025 |
Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org> |
pf: fix potential infinite loop adding/deleting addresses in tables
The 'nadd' returned by these calls is the number of addresses actually added or deleted. It can differ from the number userspace s
pf: fix potential infinite loop adding/deleting addresses in tables
The 'nadd' returned by these calls is the number of addresses actually added or deleted. It can differ from the number userspace sent to the kernel if the addresses are already present (or not present for the delete case). This meant that if all of the addresses were already handled the kernel would return zero, putting us in an infinite loop.
Handle this, and extend the test case to provoke this scenario.
Reported by: netchild@ Fixes: bad279e12deb ("pf: convert DIOCRDELADDRS to netlink") Fixes: 8b388995b8b2 ("pf: convert DIOCRADDADDRS to netlink") Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")
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bad279e1
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| 01-Aug-2025 |
Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org> |
pf: convert DIOCRDELADDRS to netlink
Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")
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8b388995
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| 14-Jul-2025 |
Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org> |
pf: convert DIOCRADDADDRS to netlink
Add up to 64 addresses at once. We are limited by the netlink socket buffer, so we can only add a limited number at once.
Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications,
pf: convert DIOCRADDADDRS to netlink
Add up to 64 addresses at once. We are limited by the netlink socket buffer, so we can only add a limited number at once.
Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")
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