do not fail on linux < 4.12

[christian-sahlmann]

I was getting this error after https://github.com/secdev/scapy/pull/4352 was merged:

  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/scapy/layers/snmp.py", line 20, in <module>
    from scapy.layers.inet import UDP, IP, ICMP
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/scapy/layers/inet.py", line 20, in <module>
    from scapy.ansmachine import AnsweringMachine
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/scapy/ansmachine.py", line 20, in <module>
    from scapy.arch import get_if_addr
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/scapy/arch/__init__.py", line 189, in <module>
    _set_conf_sockets()  # Apply config
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/scapy/config.py", line 826, in _set_conf_sockets
    conf.ifaces.reload()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/scapy/interfaces.py", line 253, in reload
    self._reload_provs()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/scapy/interfaces.py", line 249, in _reload_provs
    self._load(prov.reload(), prov)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/scapy/interfaces.py", line 51, in reload
    return self.load()
           ^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/scapy/arch/linux/__init__.py", line 173, in load
    for iface in _get_if_list().values():
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/scapy/arch/linux/rtnetlink.py", line 790, in _get_if_list
    results = _sr1_rtrequest(
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/scapy/arch/linux/rtnetlink.py", line 718, in _sr1_rtrequest
    sock.setsockopt(SOL_NETLINK, NETLINK_EXT_ACK, 1)
OSError: [Errno 92] Protocol not available

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[gpotter2]

Could you share details about your setup? What OS / version are affected?

[christian-sahlmann]

My problem is that I'm stuck (at least for now) with a pretty old linux kernel (3.10.0-1160.45.1.el7.x86_64). So far, scapy worked perfectly fine there for my purposes (and does again with this fix).

[christian-sahlmann]

I did a little bit more research and found out that the minimum version for this to work is Linux 4.12.

See https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2d4bc93368f5a0ddb57c8c885cdad9c9b7a10ed5

[gpotter2]

That's interesting thanks. What if you just try: except: pass this request, does it work on your linux version? From what I understand Scapy shouldn't need extended ack reporting to work.

[christian-sahlmann]

Yes, I've tried that as well, but then I get an exception at sock.setsockopt(SOL_NETLINK, NETLINK_GET_STRICT_CHK, 1), which apparently is available only since Linux 4.20 (https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/89d35528d17d25819a755a2b52931e911baebc66).

[gpotter2]

Alright, thanks for the pointers.

I'll pop a VM with a Linux 3.0 kernel and investigate to see what we can do, and get back to you.

I can't really merge this PR because it's just a workaround. Scapy should have a way of reading routes on old linux kernels, as it used to. If it happens that RTNETLINK really isn't supported, we'll add a fallback to some other method.