From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com, fw@strlen.de,
horms@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 12/16] netfilter: nft_connlimit: update the count if add was skipped
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 22:33:08 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251125223312.1246891-13-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251125223312.1246891-1-pablo@netfilter.org>
From: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
Connlimit expression can be used for all kind of packets and not only
for packets with connection state new. See this ruleset as example:
table ip filter {
chain input {
type filter hook input priority filter; policy accept;
tcp dport 22 ct count over 4 counter
}
}
Currently, if the connection count goes over the limit the counter will
count the packets. When a connection is closed, the connection count
won't decrement as it should because it is only updated for new
connections due to an optimization on __nf_conncount_add() that prevents
updating the list if the connection is duplicated.
To solve this problem, check whether the connection was skipped and if
so, update the list. Adjust count_tree() too so the same fix is applied
for xt_connlimit.
Fixes: 976afca1ceba ("netfilter: nf_conncount: Early exit in nf_conncount_lookup() and cleanup")
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netfilter/trinity-85c72a88-d762-46c3-be97-36f10e5d9796-1761173693813@3c-app-mailcom-bs12/
Signed-off-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c | 12 ++++++++----
net/netfilter/nft_connlimit.c | 13 +++++++++++--
2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c
index eabce7e141f8..81915ef99a83 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static int __nf_conncount_add(struct net *net,
if (ct && nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct)) {
if (refcounted)
nf_ct_put(ct);
- return 0;
+ return -EEXIST;
}
if ((u32)jiffies == list->last_gc)
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ insert_tree(struct net *net,
int ret;
ret = nf_conncount_add_skb(net, skb, l3num, &rbconn->list);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret && ret != -EEXIST)
count = 0; /* hotdrop */
else
count = rbconn->list.count;
@@ -511,10 +511,14 @@ count_tree(struct net *net,
/* same source network -> be counted! */
ret = __nf_conncount_add(net, skb, l3num, &rbconn->list);
spin_unlock_bh(&rbconn->list.list_lock);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret && ret != -EEXIST) {
return 0; /* hotdrop */
- else
+ } else {
+ /* -EEXIST means add was skipped, update the list */
+ if (ret == -EEXIST)
+ nf_conncount_gc_list(net, &rbconn->list);
return rbconn->list.count;
+ }
}
}
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_connlimit.c b/net/netfilter/nft_connlimit.c
index 41770bde39d3..714a59485935 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_connlimit.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_connlimit.c
@@ -29,8 +29,17 @@ static inline void nft_connlimit_do_eval(struct nft_connlimit *priv,
err = nf_conncount_add_skb(nft_net(pkt), pkt->skb, nft_pf(pkt), priv->list);
if (err) {
- regs->verdict.code = NF_DROP;
- return;
+ if (err == -EEXIST) {
+ /* Call gc to update the list count if any connection has
+ * been closed already. This is useful for softlimit
+ * connections like limiting bandwidth based on a number
+ * of open connections.
+ */
+ nf_conncount_gc_list(nft_net(pkt), priv->list);
+ } else {
+ regs->verdict.code = NF_DROP;
+ return;
+ }
}
count = READ_ONCE(priv->list->count);
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-25 22:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-25 22:32 [PATCH net-next 00/16] Netfilter updates for net-next Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-11-25 22:32 ` [PATCH net-next 01/16] netfilter: flowtable: move path discovery infrastructure to its own file Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-11-25 22:32 ` [PATCH net-next 02/16] netfilter: flowtable: consolidate xmit path Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-11-26 4:20 ` Eric Dumazet
2025-11-25 22:32 ` [PATCH net-next 03/16] netfilter: flowtable: inline vlan encapsulation in " Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-11-25 22:33 ` [PATCH net-next 04/16] netfilter: flowtable: inline pppoe " Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-11-26 3:33 ` Qingfang Deng
2025-11-25 22:33 ` [PATCH net-next 05/16] netfilter: flowtable: remove hw_ifidx Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-11-25 22:33 ` [PATCH net-next 06/16] netfilter: flowtable: use tuple address to calculate next hop Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-11-25 22:33 ` [PATCH net-next 07/16] netfilter: flowtable: Add IPIP rx sw acceleration Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-11-25 22:33 ` [PATCH net-next 08/16] netfilter: flowtable: Add IPIP tx " Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-11-25 22:33 ` [PATCH net-next 09/16] selftests: netfilter: nft_flowtable.sh: Add IPIP flowtable selftest Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-11-25 22:33 ` [PATCH net-next 10/16] netfilter: nf_conncount: rework API to use sk_buff directly Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-11-25 22:33 ` [PATCH net-next 11/16] netfilter: nf_conncount: make nf_conncount_gc_list() to disable BH Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-11-25 22:33 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2025-11-25 22:33 ` [PATCH net-next 13/16] netfilter: nft_connlimit: add support to object update operation Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-11-25 22:33 ` [PATCH net-next 14/16] selftests: netfilter: nft_flowtable.sh: Add the capability to send IPv6 TCP traffic Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-11-25 22:33 ` [PATCH net-next 15/16] netfilter: ip6t_srh: fix UAPI kernel-doc comments format Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-11-25 22:33 ` [PATCH net-next 16/16] netfilter: nf_tables: improve UAPI kernel-doc comments Pablo Neira Ayuso
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2025-11-26 20:55 [PATCH net-next,v2 00/16] Netfilter updates for net-next Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-11-26 20:56 ` [PATCH net-next 12/16] netfilter: nft_connlimit: update the count if add was skipped Pablo Neira Ayuso
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