Accept Scapy Packets as offline inputs

scapy/sendrecv.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 from scapy.data import ETH_P_ALL
 from scapy.config import conf
 from scapy.error import warning
-from scapy.packet import Gen
+from scapy.packet import Gen, Packet
 from scapy.utils import get_temp_file, tcpdump, wrpcap, \
     ContextManagerSubprocess, PcapReader
 from scapy.plist import PacketList, SndRcvList
@@ -772,7 +772,8 @@ def _run(self,
                 message = "tcpdump is not available. Cannot use filter!"
                 raise Scapy_Exception(message)
 
-            if isinstance(offline, list):
+            if isinstance(offline, list) and \
+                    all(isinstance(elt, str) for elt in offline):
                 sniff_sockets.update((PcapReader(
                     fname if flt is None else
                     tcpdump(fname, args=["-w", "-", flt], getfd=True)
@@ -783,6 +784,18 @@ def _run(self,
                     tcpdump(fname, args=["-w", "-", flt], getfd=True)
                 ), label) for fname, label in six.iteritems(offline))
             else:
+                # Write Scapy Packet objects to a pcap file
+                def _write_to_pcap(packets_list):
+                    filename = get_temp_file(autoext=".pcap")
+                    wrpcap(filename, offline)
+                    return filename, filename
+
+                if isinstance(offline, Packet):
+                    tempfile_written, offline = _write_to_pcap([offline])
+                elif isinstance(offline, list) and \
+                        all(isinstance(elt, Packet) for elt in offline):
+                    tempfile_written, offline = _write_to_pcap(offline)
+
                 sniff_sockets[PcapReader(
                     offline if flt is None else
                     tcpdump(offline, args=["-w", "-", flt], getfd=True)

test/regression.uts

@@ -6728,6 +6728,20 @@ fdesc.close()
 assert list(pktpcap[TCP]) == list(pktpcap_tcp)
 os.unlink(filename)
 
+= Check offline sniff() with Packets and tcpdump
+~ tcpdump
+
+l = sniff(offline=IP()/UDP(sport=(10000, 10001)), filter="udp")
+assert len(l) == 2
+assert(all(UDP in p for p in l))
+
+l = sniff(offline=[p for p in IP()/UDP(sport=(10000, 10001))], filter="udp")
+assert len(l) == 2
+assert(all(UDP in p for p in l))
+
+l = sniff(offline=IP()/UDP(sport=(10000, 10001)), filter="tcp")
+assert len(l) == 0
+
 = Check offline sniff() without a tcpdump binary
 ~ tcpdump
 import mock