Missing Kernel support for ipset types.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Firewalld fails with below error upon using ipset type hash:mac:
firewalld[28276]: ERROR: Failed to create ipset 'test'
firewalld[28276]: ERROR: '/usr/sbin/ipset restore' failed: ipset v6.29: Error in line 1: Kernel error received: set type not supported
  • Firewalld supports the ipset hash:mac, but the why kernel does not?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) 7.5 and below versions.

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