On 10/15/2015 07:01 AM, Thomas D. wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> while testing shorewall-5.0.1 with linux-4.2.3 I was hit by
> 
>> nf_conntrack: table full, dropping packet
> 
> after calling `shorewall6 update -A` (which failed on my system because
> shorewall6 is not probably configured):
> 
>> # shorewall6 update -A
>> Updating Shorewall6 configuration to 5.0.1...
>> Processing /etc/shorewall6/params ...
>> Processing /etc/shorewall6/shorewall6.conf...
>> No update required to configuration file /etc/shorewall6/shorewall6.conf; 
>> /etc/shorewall6/shorewall6.conf.bak not saved
>> Loading Modules...
>> Converting 'FORMAT', 'SECTION' and 'COMMENT' lines to compiler directives...
>> Checking /etc/shorewall6/zones...
>>    ERROR: No IP zones defined
> 
> dmesg:
> 
>> [ 1114.963913] ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
>> [ 1115.000160] xt_CT: No such helper "pptp"
>> [ 1115.002917] xt_CT: No such helper "netbios-ns"
>> [ 1115.007574] xt_CT: No such helper "irc"
>> [ 1115.010114] xt_CT: No such helper "irc-0"
>> [ 1115.022112] xt_CT: No such helper "snmp"
>> [ 1121.748818] nf_conntrack: table full, dropping packet
>> [ 1122.498444] nf_conntrack: table full, dropping packet
>> [ 1122.748811] nf_conntrack: table full, dropping packet
>> [ 1123.248461] nf_conntrack: table full, dropping packet
>> [ 1123.498550] nf_conntrack: table full, dropping packet
>> [ 1123.999159] nf_conntrack: table full, dropping packet
>> [ 1124.248537] nf_conntrack: table full, dropping packet
>> [ 1124.748596] nf_conntrack: table full, dropping packet
> 
> # sysctl net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_count
> -3
> ^^
>  Negative value? Before calling `shorewall6 update -A` the counter
> showed a value of 4.
> 
> 
> Looks like I was hit by
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9cf94eab8b309e8bcc78b41dd1561c75b537dd0b
> 
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=800445
> 
> 
> Not a shorewall bug but I wanted to report for people experiencing the
> same problem.

Thanks, Thomas.

-Tom
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