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authorPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>2012-10-03 22:19:25 +0200
committerPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>2012-10-04 10:42:43 +0200
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conntrackd: fix crash if ExpectationSync is enabled on old Linux kernels
ExpectationSync requires Linux kernel >= 3.5 to work sanely, document this. Still, we don't want to crash if someone enables expectation sync with old Linux kernels (like 2.6.32). Reported-by: James Gutholm <gutholmj@evergreen.edu> Tested-by: James Gutholm <gutholmj@evergreen.edu> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
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diff --git a/doc/sync/alarm/conntrackd.conf b/doc/sync/alarm/conntrackd.conf
index b9520fb..0223745 100644
--- a/doc/sync/alarm/conntrackd.conf
+++ b/doc/sync/alarm/conntrackd.conf
@@ -194,7 +194,8 @@ Sync {
# Set this option on if you want to enable the synchronization
# of expectations. You have to specify the list of helpers that
- # you want to enable. Default is off.
+ # you want to enable. Default is off. This feature requires
+ # a Linux kernel >= 3.5.
#
# ExpectationSync {
# ftp