From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
To: "David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>,
Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>,
Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@netfilter.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org,
coreteam@netfilter.org, eric.dumazet@gmail.com,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] netfilter: xt_owner: no longer acquire sk_callback_lock in mt_owner()
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:28:56 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260224122856.3152608-1-edumazet@google.com> (raw)
After commit 983512f3a87f ("net: Drop the lock in skb_may_tx_timestamp()")
from Sebastian Andrzej Siewior, apply the same logic in mt_owner()
to avoid touching sk_callback_lock.
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
---
net/netfilter/xt_owner.c | 23 +++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_owner.c b/net/netfilter/xt_owner.c
index 50332888c8d233aab0915a31f2f616f3171da45e..5845eabe6161b3a90df422e6e1055165d6538791 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_owner.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_owner.c
@@ -63,11 +63,12 @@ static bool
owner_mt(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct xt_action_param *par)
{
const struct xt_owner_match_info *info = par->matchinfo;
- const struct file *filp;
struct sock *sk = skb_to_full_sk(skb);
struct net *net = xt_net(par);
+ const struct socket *sock;
+ const struct file *filp;
- if (!sk || !sk->sk_socket || !net_eq(net, sock_net(sk)))
+ if (!sk || !READ_ONCE(sk->sk_socket) || !net_eq(net, sock_net(sk)))
return (info->match ^ info->invert) == 0;
else if (info->match & info->invert & XT_OWNER_SOCKET)
/*
@@ -76,10 +77,16 @@ owner_mt(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct xt_action_param *par)
*/
return false;
- read_lock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
- filp = sk->sk_socket ? sk->sk_socket->file : NULL;
+ /* The sk pointer remains valid as long as the skb is. The sk_socket and
+ * file pointer may become NULL if the socket is closed. Both structures
+ * (including file->cred) are RCU freed which means they can be accessed
+ * within a RCU read section.
+ */
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ sock = READ_ONCE(sk->sk_socket);
+ filp = sock ? READ_ONCE(sock->file) : NULL;
if (filp == NULL) {
- read_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
return ((info->match ^ info->invert) &
(XT_OWNER_UID | XT_OWNER_GID)) == 0;
}
@@ -90,7 +97,7 @@ owner_mt(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct xt_action_param *par)
if ((uid_gte(filp->f_cred->fsuid, uid_min) &&
uid_lte(filp->f_cred->fsuid, uid_max)) ^
!(info->invert & XT_OWNER_UID)) {
- read_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
return false;
}
}
@@ -118,12 +125,12 @@ owner_mt(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct xt_action_param *par)
}
if (match ^ !(info->invert & XT_OWNER_GID)) {
- read_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
return false;
}
}
- read_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
return true;
}
--
2.53.0.371.g1d285c8824-goog
next reply other threads:[~2026-02-24 12:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-24 12:28 Eric Dumazet [this message]
2026-02-24 12:52 ` [PATCH net-next] netfilter: xt_owner: no longer acquire sk_callback_lock in mt_owner() Florian Westphal
2026-02-24 15:40 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-02-24 15:49 ` Florian Westphal
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