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          <th>Bug ID</th>
          <td><a class="bz_bug_link 
          bz_status_NEW "
   title="NEW - nft list ruleset – infinite memory use"
   href="https://bugzilla.netfilter.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1222">1222</a>
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          <th>Summary</th>
          <td>nft list ruleset – infinite memory use
          </td>
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          <th>Product</th>
          <td>nftables
          </td>
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          <th>Version</th>
          <td>unspecified
          </td>
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          <th>Hardware</th>
          <td>x86_64
          </td>
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          <th>OS</th>
          <td>All
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          <th>Status</th>
          <td>NEW
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          <th>Severity</th>
          <td>normal
          </td>
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          <th>Priority</th>
          <td>P5
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          <th>Component</th>
          <td>nft
          </td>
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          <th>Assignee</th>
          <td>pablo@netfilter.org
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          <th>Reporter</th>
          <td>grawity@gmail.com
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        <pre>When this specific rule is inserted, trying to view it using `nft list ruleset`
causes the nft client to start allocating infinite amounts of RAM:

---
table inet filter {
    chain input {
        ct original ip daddr {1.2.3.4} accept
    }
}
---

(The {set} is important – a standalone address doesn't cause this issue.)

nft debug output ends with:

---
...
Evaluate list
list ruleset
^^^^^^^^^^^^^

inet filter input 2 
  [ ct load l3protocol => reg 1 ]
  [ cmp eq reg 1 0x00000002 ]
  [ ct load dst => reg 1 , dir original ]
  [ lookup reg 1 set __set0 0x0 ]
  [ immediate reg 0 accept ]

<begins eating memory at this point>
---

nftables 0.8.1
libnftnl 1.0.9
linux 4.9.78, 4.13.13</pre>
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