A rule like the following: ... tcp dport 22-22 ... results in a range expression to match from 22 to 22. Simplify to singleton value so a cmp is used instead. This optimization already exists in set elements which might explain this overlook. Fixes: 7a6e16040d65 ("evaluate: allow for zero length ranges") Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- src/evaluate.c | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/evaluate.c b/src/evaluate.c index ddc46754fc67..ee66b93d7c23 100644 --- a/src/evaluate.c +++ b/src/evaluate.c @@ -1305,12 +1305,12 @@ static int __expr_evaluate_range(struct eval_ctx *ctx, struct expr **expr) return 0; } -static int expr_evaluate_range(struct eval_ctx *ctx, struct expr **expr) +static int expr_evaluate_range(struct eval_ctx *ctx, struct expr **exprp) { - struct expr *range = *expr, *left, *right; + struct expr *range = *exprp, *left, *right; int rc; - rc = __expr_evaluate_range(ctx, expr); + rc = __expr_evaluate_range(ctx, exprp); if (rc) return rc; @@ -1320,6 +1320,12 @@ static int expr_evaluate_range(struct eval_ctx *ctx, struct expr **expr) if (mpz_cmp(left->value, right->value) > 0) return expr_error(ctx->msgs, range, "Range negative size"); + if (mpz_cmp(left->value, right->value) == 0) { + *exprp = expr_get(left); + expr_free(range); + return 0; + } + datatype_set(range, left->dtype); range->flags |= EXPR_F_CONSTANT; return 0; -- 2.30.2