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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 03/12] netfilter: ipset: fix a potential dump-destroy race
Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 13:56:18 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260516115627.967773-4-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260516115627.967773-1-pablo@netfilter.org>

From: Jozsef Kadlecsik <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>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@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);
-- 
2.47.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-05-16 11:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-16 11:56 [PATCH net 00/12] Netfilter/IPVS fixes for net Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-05-16 11:56 ` [PATCH net 01/12] netfilter: nf_conntrack_helper: fix possible null deref during error log Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-05-16 11:56 ` [PATCH net 02/12] ipvs: avoid possible loop in ip_vs_dst_event on resizing Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-05-16 11:56 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2026-05-16 11:56 ` [PATCH net 04/12] netfilter: nft_inner: Fix IPv6 inner_thoff desync Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-05-16 11:56 ` [PATCH net 05/12] netfilter: ipset: stop hash:* range iteration at end Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-05-16 11:56 ` [PATCH net 06/12] netfilter: nft_inner: release local_lock before re-enabling softirqs Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-05-16 11:56 ` [PATCH net 07/12] netfilter: ip6t_hbh: reject oversized option lists Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-05-16 11:56 ` [PATCH net 08/12] netfilter: ipset: Fix data race between add and list header in all hash types Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-05-16 11:56 ` [PATCH net 09/12] netfilter: ipset: Fix data race between add and dump " Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-05-16 11:56 ` [PATCH net 10/12] netfilter: ipset: annotate "pos" for concurrent readers/writers Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-05-16 11:56 ` [PATCH net 11/12] netfilter: br_netfilter: Reallocate headroom if necessary in neigh_hh_bridge() Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-05-16 11:56 ` [PATCH net 12/12] netfilter: nf_queue: hold bridge skb->dev while queued Pablo Neira Ayuso

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