Bug #13539
closed
Missing descriptions for referrers to firewall aliases cause empty strings for references to be returned when deleting an in-use alias
Added by Reid Linnemann over 1 year ago.
Updated over 1 year ago.
Category:
Aliases / Tables
Plus Target Version:
23.01
Description
If an alias is in use by another alias, filter rule, nat rule, route, or OVPN configuration, attempting to delete it results in an error indicating that the alias is still in use. The code attempts to build a list of all of the referrers, but only does so by collecting 'descr' or 'description' attributes of them, which is not guaranteed to be populated resulting in no identifier for the referer being displayed.
- Plus Target Version changed from 22.11 to 23.01
- Status changed from New to Feedback
- % Done changed from 0 to 100
the error when deleting used alias "Cannot delete alias. Currently in use by filter rule id 3. " in built of Fri Oct 21 06:05:28 UTC 2022
while it was "Cannot delete alias. Currently in use by ." in built of Fri Sep 30 20:10:57 UTC 2022
both were without Description
Alhusein Zawi wrote in #note-3:
the error when deleting used alias "Cannot delete alias. Currently in use by filter rule id 3. " in built of Fri Oct 21 06:05:28 UTC 2022
while it was "Cannot delete alias. Currently in use by ." in built of Fri Sep 30 20:10:57 UTC 2022
both were without Description
This appears to be verification that the changes are producing acceptable and expected output for your case, can you confirm?
- Status changed from Feedback to Resolved
Tested against:
23.01-DEVELOPMENT (amd64)
built on Fri Dec 02 06:04:48 UTC 2022
FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT
When I tried to delete the alias used in a rule and route, I got:
Cannot delete alias. Currently in use by filter rule id 0, route id 0.
I deleted the rule with the alias and when tried to delete it I got:
Cannot delete alias. Currently in use by route id 0.
It works as expected. I am marking this ticket resolved.
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