+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #523982 +++

Description of problem:
If a rule using ipt_recent is created with a hit count greater than ip_pkt_list_tot, the rule will never match as it cannot keep track of enough timestamps. This patch makes ipt_recent refuse to create such rules.

With ip_pkt_list_tot's default value of 20, the following can be used to reproduce the problem.

nc -u -l 0.0.0.0 1234 &
for i in `seq 1 100`; do echo $i | nc -w 1 -u 127.0.0.1 1234; done

This limits it to 20 packets:
iptables -A OUTPUT -p udp --dport 1234 -m recent --set --name test \
         --rsource
iptables -A OUTPUT -p udp --dport 1234 -m recent --update --seconds \
         60 --hitcount 20 --name test --rsource -j DROP

While this is unlimited:
iptables -A OUTPUT -p udp --dport 1234 -m recent --set --name test \
         --rsource
iptables -A OUTPUT -p udp --dport 1234 -m recent --update --seconds \
         60 --hitcount 21 --name test --rsource -j DROP

With the patch the second rule-set will throw an EINVAL.

Reported-by: Sean Kennedy <skennedy>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Hokka Zakrisson <daniel>
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem>

Upstream commit:
http://git.kernel.org/linus/d0ebf133590abdc035af6e19a6568667af0ab3b0