[NETFILTER]: ctnetlink: check for status attribute existence on conntrack creation

Check that status flags are available in the netlink message received
to create a new conntrack.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>

Author: ummakynes

net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.c

@@ -945,9 +945,11 @@ ctnetlink_create_conntrack(struct nfattr *cda[],
 	ct->timeout.expires = jiffies + ct->timeout.expires * HZ;
 	ct->status |= IPS_CONFIRMED;
 
-	err = ctnetlink_change_status(ct, cda);
-	if (err < 0)
-		goto err;
+	if (cda[CTA_STATUS-1]) {
+		err = ctnetlink_change_status(ct, cda);
+		if (err < 0)
+			goto err;
+	}
 
 	if (cda[CTA_PROTOINFO-1]) {
 		err = ctnetlink_change_protoinfo(ct, cda);

net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c

@@ -963,9 +963,11 @@ ctnetlink_create_conntrack(struct nfattr *cda[],
 	ct->timeout.expires = jiffies + ct->timeout.expires * HZ;
 	ct->status |= IPS_CONFIRMED;
 
-	err = ctnetlink_change_status(ct, cda);
-	if (err < 0)
-		goto err;
+	if (cda[CTA_STATUS-1]) {
+		err = ctnetlink_change_status(ct, cda);
+		if (err < 0)
+			goto err;
+	}
 
 	if (cda[CTA_PROTOINFO-1]) {
 		err = ctnetlink_change_protoinfo(ct, cda);