rhel8: firewalld-0.8.0 fails to add direct rules when backed by iptables

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • firewall-cmd --zone=<zone> --direct --add-rule ipv4 filter <chain> <priority> <args> fails with following error.

    Error: gen_chain_rules() missing 1 required positional argument: 'transaction'
    
  • When firewalld is backed with iptables, firewalld's /etc/firewalld/direct.xml may fail to load after upgrading to firewalld-0.8.0.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8
  • package firewalld, affected versions:
    • versions after (including) firewalld-0.8.0-2.el8
    • versions before (excluding) firewalld-0.8.2-2.el8

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