From: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@netfilter.org>
To: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Subject: [PATCH v6 1/8] netfilter: ipset: fix a potential dump-destroy race
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 22:58:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260508205903.10238-2-kadlec@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260508205903.10238-1-kadlec@netfilter.org>
When dumping sets in order to create the proper order for restore,
the list type of sets dumped last. Therefore internally we run the
dumping loop twice: first with all non-list type of sets and skipping
the list type ones and then secondly for the list type of sets.
Sashiko noticed that there's a potential race between dump and destroy
if in the first loop the last set was a list type of set: its pointer
remains unreferenced and a concurrent destroy can free it.
Fix the issue by resetting the variable holding the pointer.
Signed-off-by: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@netfilter.org>
---
net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
index c5a26236a0bb..0874029cb0f2 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
@@ -1613,6 +1613,7 @@ ip_set_dump_do(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
((dump_type == DUMP_ALL) ==
!!(set->type->features & IPSET_DUMP_LAST))) {
write_unlock_bh(&ip_set_ref_lock);
+ set = NULL;
continue;
}
pr_debug("List set: %s\n", set->name);
--
2.39.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-08 21:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-08 20:58 [PATCH v6 0/8] netfilter: ipset fixes Jozsef Kadlecsik
2026-05-08 20:58 ` Jozsef Kadlecsik [this message]
2026-05-08 20:58 ` [PATCH v6 2/8] netfilter: ipset: Fix data race between add and list header in all hash types Jozsef Kadlecsik
2026-05-08 20:58 ` [PATCH v6 3/8] netfilter: ipset: Fix data race between add and dump " Jozsef Kadlecsik
2026-05-08 20:58 ` [PATCH v6 4/8] netfilter: ipset: annotate "pos" for concurrent readers/writers Jozsef Kadlecsik
2026-05-08 20:59 ` [PATCH v6 5/8] netfilter: ipset: Don't use test_bit() in lockless RCU readers Jozsef Kadlecsik
2026-05-08 20:59 ` [PATCH v6 6/8] netfilter: ipset: fix potential torn read in reuse/forceadd cases Jozsef Kadlecsik
2026-05-08 20:59 ` [PATCH v6 7/8] netfilter: ipset: skip gc when resize is in progress Jozsef Kadlecsik
2026-05-08 20:59 ` [PATCH v6 8/8] netfilter: ipset: fix order of usage counters Jozsef Kadlecsik
2026-05-09 8:09 ` [PATCH v6 0/8] netfilter: ipset fixes Florian Westphal
2026-05-10 21:43 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-05-11 7:45 ` Jozsef Kadlecsik
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