--- /dev/null
+From f1082dd31fe461d482d69da2a8eccfeb7bf07ac2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
+Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 15:55:38 +0100
+Subject: netfilter: nf_tables: Reject tables of unsupported family
+
+From: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
+
+commit f1082dd31fe461d482d69da2a8eccfeb7bf07ac2 upstream.
+
+An nftables family is merely a hollow container, its family just a
+number and such not reliant on compile-time options other than nftables
+support itself. Add an artificial check so attempts at using a family
+the kernel can't support fail as early as possible. This helps user
+space detect kernels which lack e.g. NFPROTO_INET.
+
+Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
+Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
+Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
+---
+ net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)
+
+--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
++++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+@@ -1247,6 +1247,30 @@ static int nft_objname_hash_cmp(struct r
+ return strcmp(obj->key.name, k->name);
+ }
+
++static bool nft_supported_family(u8 family)
++{
++ return false
++#ifdef CONFIG_NF_TABLES_INET
++ || family == NFPROTO_INET
++#endif
++#ifdef CONFIG_NF_TABLES_IPV4
++ || family == NFPROTO_IPV4
++#endif
++#ifdef CONFIG_NF_TABLES_ARP
++ || family == NFPROTO_ARP
++#endif
++#ifdef CONFIG_NF_TABLES_NETDEV
++ || family == NFPROTO_NETDEV
++#endif
++#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NF_TABLES_BRIDGE)
++ || family == NFPROTO_BRIDGE
++#endif
++#ifdef CONFIG_NF_TABLES_IPV6
++ || family == NFPROTO_IPV6
++#endif
++ ;
++}
++
+ static int nf_tables_newtable(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nfnl_info *info,
+ const struct nlattr * const nla[])
+ {
+@@ -1261,6 +1285,9 @@ static int nf_tables_newtable(struct sk_
+ u32 flags = 0;
+ int err;
+
++ if (!nft_supported_family(family))
++ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
++
+ lockdep_assert_held(&nft_net->commit_mutex);
+ attr = nla[NFTA_TABLE_NAME];
+ table = nft_table_lookup(net, attr, family, genmask,