* [PATCH net 01/14] netfilter: flowtable: fix offloaded ct timeout never being extended
2026-06-20 22:27 [PATCH net,v2 00/14] Netfilter fixes for net Pablo Neira Ayuso
@ 2026-06-20 22:27 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-20 22:27 ` [PATCH net 02/14] netfilter: nf_queue: pin bridge device while NFQUEUE holds fake dst Pablo Neira Ayuso
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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso @ 2026-06-20 22:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netfilter-devel; +Cc: davem, netdev, kuba, pabeni, edumazet, fw, horms
From: Adrian Bente <adibente@gmail.com>
OpenWrt has recently migrated many platforms to kernel 6.18. On the
MediaTek platform, which supports hardware network offloading, WiFi
connections accelerated via the WED path were observed to drop after
roughly 300 seconds.
After several debugging sessions, assisted by the Claude LLM, the
problem was narrowed down as follows:
nf_flow_table_extend_ct_timeout() extends ct->timeout for offloaded
flows using:
cmpxchg(&ct->timeout, expires, new_timeout);
'expires' comes from nf_ct_expires(ct) and is a relative value, while
ct->timeout holds an absolute timestamp. The two are never equal, so
the cmpxchg always fails and the timeout is never extended.
This goes unnoticed for most flows, but a long-lived hardware (WED)
offloaded flow on MediaTek MT7986 eventually has ct->timeout decay to
zero, the conntrack entry is reaped and the connection breaks.
Open-code the relative value from a single READ_ONCE(ct->timeout)
snapshot and compare against that same absolute snapshot in the
cmpxchg, so the timeout extension actually takes effect while the
datapath remains authoritative if it updates ct->timeout concurrently.
Fixes: 03428ca5cee9 ("netfilter: conntrack: rework offload nf_conn timeout extension logic")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Suggested-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bente <adibente@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c | 13 +++++++++----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c
index 785d8c244a77..99c5b9d671a0 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c
@@ -505,8 +505,13 @@ static u32 nf_flow_table_tcp_timeout(const struct nf_conn *ct)
*/
static void nf_flow_table_extend_ct_timeout(struct nf_conn *ct)
{
- static const u32 min_timeout = 5 * 60 * HZ;
- u32 expires = nf_ct_expires(ct);
+ static const s32 min_timeout = 5 * 60 * HZ;
+ u32 ct_timeout = READ_ONCE(ct->timeout);
+ s32 expires;
+
+ expires = ct_timeout - nfct_time_stamp;
+ if (expires <= 0) /* already expired */
+ return;
/* normal case: large enough timeout, nothing to do. */
if (likely(expires >= min_timeout))
@@ -524,7 +529,7 @@ static void nf_flow_table_extend_ct_timeout(struct nf_conn *ct)
if (nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct) &&
test_bit(IPS_OFFLOAD_BIT, &ct->status)) {
u8 l4proto = nf_ct_protonum(ct);
- u32 new_timeout = true;
+ u32 new_timeout = 1;
switch (l4proto) {
case IPPROTO_UDP:
@@ -549,7 +554,7 @@ static void nf_flow_table_extend_ct_timeout(struct nf_conn *ct)
*/
if (new_timeout) {
new_timeout += nfct_time_stamp;
- cmpxchg(&ct->timeout, expires, new_timeout);
+ cmpxchg(&ct->timeout, ct_timeout, new_timeout);
}
}
--
2.47.3
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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso @ 2026-06-20 22:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netfilter-devel; +Cc: davem, netdev, kuba, pabeni, edumazet, fw, horms
From: Haoze Xie <royenheart@gmail.com>
The br_netfilter fake rtable is embedded in struct net_bridge and is
attached to bridged packets with skb_dst_set_noref(). If such a packet is
queued to NFQUEUE, __nf_queue() upgrades that fake dst with
skb_dst_force().
At that point the queued skb can hold a real dst reference after bridge
teardown has started. The problem is not that every bridged packet needs
its own dst reference. The problem is that NFQUEUE can keep the bridge
private fake dst alive after unregister begins.
Fix this by keeping the bridge fake dst model unchanged and pinning the
bridge master device only while the packet sits in NFQUEUE. Record the
bridge device in nf_queue_entry when the queued skb carries a bridge fake
dst, take a device reference for the queue lifetime, and drop it when the
queue entry is freed.
Also make sure queued entries are reaped when that bridge device goes
down, and drop the redundant nf_bridge_info_exists() test from the fake
dst detection.
This keeps netdev_priv(br->dev) alive until verdict completion, so the
embedded fake rtable and its metrics backing storage cannot be freed out
from under dst_release(). It also avoids the constant refcount bump and
avoids using ipv4-specific dst helpers for IPv6 bridge traffic.
Fixes: 34666d467cbf ("netfilter: bridge: move br_netfilter out of the core")
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Reported-by: Yuan Tan <yuantan098@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Yifan Wu <yifanwucs@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Juefei Pu <tomapufckgml@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Xin Liu <bird@lzu.edu.cn>
Signed-off-by: Haoze Xie <royenheart@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ren Wei <n05ec@lzu.edu.cn>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
include/net/netfilter/nf_queue.h | 1 +
net/netfilter/nf_queue.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c | 3 +++
3 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_queue.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_queue.h
index 3978c3174cdb..fc3e81c07364 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_queue.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_queue.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ struct nf_queue_entry {
unsigned int id;
unsigned int hook_index; /* index in hook_entries->hook[] */
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BRIDGE_NETFILTER)
+ struct net_device *bridge_dev;
struct net_device *physin;
struct net_device *physout;
#endif
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_queue.c b/net/netfilter/nf_queue.c
index 57b450024a99..73363ceedebe 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_queue.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_queue.c
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ static void nf_queue_entry_release_refs(struct nf_queue_entry *entry)
nf_queue_sock_put(state->sk);
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BRIDGE_NETFILTER)
+ dev_put(entry->bridge_dev);
dev_put(entry->physin);
dev_put(entry->physout);
#endif
@@ -84,6 +85,8 @@ static void __nf_queue_entry_init_physdevs(struct nf_queue_entry *entry)
{
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BRIDGE_NETFILTER)
const struct sk_buff *skb = entry->skb;
+ struct dst_entry *dst = skb_dst(skb);
+ struct net_device *dev = NULL;
if (nf_bridge_info_exists(skb)) {
entry->physin = nf_bridge_get_physindev(skb, entry->state.net);
@@ -92,6 +95,16 @@ static void __nf_queue_entry_init_physdevs(struct nf_queue_entry *entry)
entry->physin = NULL;
entry->physout = NULL;
}
+
+ if (entry->state.pf == NFPROTO_BRIDGE &&
+ dst && (dst->flags & DST_FAKE_RTABLE))
+ dev = dst_dev_rcu(dst);
+
+ /* Must hold a reference on the bridge device: dst_hold() protects
+ * the dst itself, but the fake rtable is embedded in bridge-private
+ * storage that netdevice teardown can free independently.
+ */
+ entry->bridge_dev = dev;
#endif
}
@@ -108,6 +121,7 @@ bool nf_queue_entry_get_refs(struct nf_queue_entry *entry)
dev_hold(state->out);
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BRIDGE_NETFILTER)
+ dev_hold(entry->bridge_dev);
dev_hold(entry->physin);
dev_hold(entry->physout);
#endif
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
index c5e29fec419b..80ca077b81bd 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
@@ -1262,6 +1262,9 @@ dev_cmp(struct nf_queue_entry *entry, unsigned long ifindex)
if (physinif == ifindex || physoutif == ifindex)
return 1;
+
+ if (entry->bridge_dev && entry->bridge_dev->ifindex == ifindex)
+ return 1;
#endif
if (entry->skb_dev && entry->skb_dev->ifindex == ifindex)
return 1;
--
2.47.3
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2026-06-20 22:27 ` [PATCH net 04/14] netfilter: flowtable: fix and simplify IP6IP6 tunnel handling Pablo Neira Ayuso
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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso @ 2026-06-20 22:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netfilter-devel; +Cc: davem, netdev, kuba, pabeni, edumazet, fw, horms
From: Wyatt Feng <bronzed_45_vested@icloud.com>
xt_cluster_mt() treats any non-NULL nf_ct_get() result as a fully
initialized conntrack and passes it to xt_cluster_hash().
This causes a state confusion bug when the raw table CT target attaches
a template conntrack to skb->_nfct before normal conntrack processing.
Templates carry IPS_TEMPLATE status but do not have a valid tuple for
hashing yet, so xt_cluster_hash() can hit its WARN_ON() path on the
zeroed l3num field.
Reject template conntracks before hashing them. This matches existing
netfilter handling for template objects and avoids hashing incomplete
conntrack state.
Fixes: 0269ea493734 ("netfilter: xtables: add cluster match")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Yuan Tan <yuantan098@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Yifan Wu <yifanwucs@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Juefei Pu <tomapufckgml@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Zhengchuan Liang <zcliangcn@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Xin Liu <bird@lzu.edu.cn>
Assisted-by: Codex:GPT-5.4
Signed-off-by: Wyatt Feng <bronzed_45_vested@icloud.com>
Signed-off-by: Ren Wei <n05ec@lzu.edu.cn>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
net/netfilter/xt_cluster.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_cluster.c b/net/netfilter/xt_cluster.c
index 908fd5f2c3c8..eaf2511d63f0 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_cluster.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_cluster.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ xt_cluster_mt(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct xt_action_param *par)
}
ct = nf_ct_get(skb, &ctinfo);
- if (ct == NULL)
+ if (!ct || nf_ct_is_template(ct))
return false;
if (ct->master)
--
2.47.3
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To: netfilter-devel; +Cc: davem, netdev, kuba, pabeni, edumazet, fw, horms
From: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
Fix nf_flow_ip6_tunnel_proto() to use pskb_may_pull() instead of
skb_header_pointer() to ensure the outer IPv6 header is in the skb
headroom, which is required for subsequent packet processing. Move
ctx->offset update inside the IPPROTO_IPV6 conditional block since it
should only be adjusted when an IP6IP6 tunnel is actually detected.
Simplify the rx path by removing ipv6_skip_exthdr() and checking
ip6h->nexthdr directly, as the flowtable fast path only handles simple
IP6IP6 encapsulation without extension headers.
Drop the tunnel encapsulation limit destination option support from the
tx path to match, since the rx path no longer handles extension headers.
Remove the encap_limit parameter from nf_flow_offload_ipv6_forward(),
nf_flow_tunnel_ip6ip6_push() and nf_flow_tunnel_v6_push(), along with
the ipv6_tel_txoption struct and related headroom/MTU adjustments.
Fixes: d98103575dcdd ("netfilter: flowtable: Add IP6IP6 rx sw acceleration")
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c | 7 ++
net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c | 80 +++++--------------
.../selftests/net/netfilter/nft_flowtable.sh | 8 +-
3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
index d7c90a8533ec..bf8e40af60b0 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -1851,6 +1851,13 @@ static int ip6_tnl_fill_forward_path(struct net_device_path_ctx *ctx,
struct dst_entry *dst;
int err;
+ if (!(t->parms.flags & IP6_TNL_F_IGN_ENCAP_LIMIT)) {
+ /* encaplimit option is currently not supported is
+ * sw-acceleration path.
+ */
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ }
+
dst = ip6_route_output(dev_net(ctx->dev), NULL, &fl6);
if (!dst->error) {
path->type = DEV_PATH_TUN;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c
index 9c05a50d6013..e7a3fb2b2d94 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c
@@ -347,29 +347,23 @@ static bool nf_flow_ip6_tunnel_proto(struct nf_flowtable_ctx *ctx,
struct sk_buff *skb)
{
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
- struct ipv6hdr *ip6h, _ip6h;
- __be16 frag_off;
- u8 nexthdr;
- int hdrlen;
+ struct ipv6hdr *ip6h;
- ip6h = skb_header_pointer(skb, ctx->offset, sizeof(*ip6h), &_ip6h);
- if (!ip6h)
+ if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(*ip6h) + ctx->offset))
return false;
+ ip6h = (struct ipv6hdr *)(skb_network_header(skb) + ctx->offset);
if (ip6h->hop_limit <= 1)
return false;
- nexthdr = ip6h->nexthdr;
- hdrlen = ipv6_skip_exthdr(skb, sizeof(*ip6h) + ctx->offset, &nexthdr,
- &frag_off);
- if (hdrlen < 0)
+ if (ipv6_ext_hdr(ip6h->nexthdr))
return false;
- if (nexthdr == IPPROTO_IPV6) {
- ctx->tun.hdr_size = hdrlen;
- ctx->tun.proto = IPPROTO_IPV6;
+ if (ip6h->nexthdr == IPPROTO_IPV6) {
+ ctx->tun.proto = ip6h->nexthdr;
+ ctx->tun.hdr_size = sizeof(*ip6h);
+ ctx->offset += ctx->tun.hdr_size;
}
- ctx->offset += ctx->tun.hdr_size;
return true;
#else
@@ -648,25 +642,19 @@ static int nf_flow_tunnel_v4_push(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
return 0;
}
-struct ipv6_tel_txoption {
- struct ipv6_txoptions ops;
- __u8 dst_opt[8];
-};
-
static int nf_flow_tunnel_ip6ip6_push(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
struct flow_offload_tuple *tuple,
- struct in6_addr **ip6_daddr,
- int encap_limit)
+ struct in6_addr **ip6_daddr)
{
struct ipv6hdr *ip6h = (struct ipv6hdr *)skb_network_header(skb);
- u8 hop_limit = ip6h->hop_limit, proto = IPPROTO_IPV6;
struct rtable *rt = dst_rtable(tuple->dst_cache);
__u8 dsfield = ipv6_get_dsfield(ip6h);
struct flowi6 fl6 = {
.daddr = tuple->tun.src_v6,
.saddr = tuple->tun.dst_v6,
- .flowi6_proto = proto,
+ .flowi6_proto = IPPROTO_IPV6,
};
+ u8 hop_limit = ip6h->hop_limit;
int err, mtu;
u32 headroom;
@@ -674,41 +662,18 @@ static int nf_flow_tunnel_ip6ip6_push(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
if (err)
return err;
- skb_set_inner_ipproto(skb, proto);
+ skb_set_inner_ipproto(skb, IPPROTO_IPV6);
headroom = sizeof(*ip6h) + LL_RESERVED_SPACE(rt->dst.dev) +
rt->dst.header_len;
- if (encap_limit)
- headroom += 8;
err = skb_cow_head(skb, headroom);
if (err)
return err;
skb_scrub_packet(skb, true);
mtu = dst_mtu(&rt->dst) - sizeof(*ip6h);
- if (encap_limit)
- mtu -= 8;
mtu = max(mtu, IPV6_MIN_MTU);
skb_dst_update_pmtu_no_confirm(skb, mtu);
- if (encap_limit > 0) {
- struct ipv6_tel_txoption opt = {
- .dst_opt[2] = IPV6_TLV_TNL_ENCAP_LIMIT,
- .dst_opt[3] = 1,
- .dst_opt[4] = encap_limit,
- .dst_opt[5] = IPV6_TLV_PADN,
- .dst_opt[6] = 1,
- };
- struct ipv6_opt_hdr *hopt;
-
- opt.ops.dst1opt = (struct ipv6_opt_hdr *)opt.dst_opt;
- opt.ops.opt_nflen = 8;
-
- hopt = skb_push(skb, ipv6_optlen(opt.ops.dst1opt));
- memcpy(hopt, opt.ops.dst1opt, ipv6_optlen(opt.ops.dst1opt));
- hopt->nexthdr = IPPROTO_IPV6;
- proto = NEXTHDR_DEST;
- }
-
skb_push(skb, sizeof(*ip6h));
skb_reset_network_header(skb);
@@ -716,7 +681,7 @@ static int nf_flow_tunnel_ip6ip6_push(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
ip6_flow_hdr(ip6h, dsfield,
ip6_make_flowlabel(net, skb, fl6.flowlabel, true, &fl6));
ip6h->hop_limit = hop_limit;
- ip6h->nexthdr = proto;
+ ip6h->nexthdr = IPPROTO_IPV6;
ip6h->daddr = tuple->tun.src_v6;
ip6h->saddr = tuple->tun.dst_v6;
ipv6_hdr(skb)->payload_len = htons(skb->len - sizeof(*ip6h));
@@ -729,12 +694,10 @@ static int nf_flow_tunnel_ip6ip6_push(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
static int nf_flow_tunnel_v6_push(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
struct flow_offload_tuple *tuple,
- struct in6_addr **ip6_daddr,
- int encap_limit)
+ struct in6_addr **ip6_daddr)
{
if (tuple->tun_num)
- return nf_flow_tunnel_ip6ip6_push(net, skb, tuple, ip6_daddr,
- encap_limit);
+ return nf_flow_tunnel_ip6ip6_push(net, skb, tuple, ip6_daddr);
return 0;
}
@@ -1089,7 +1052,7 @@ static int nf_flow_tuple_ipv6(struct nf_flowtable_ctx *ctx, struct sk_buff *skb,
static int nf_flow_offload_ipv6_forward(struct nf_flowtable_ctx *ctx,
struct nf_flowtable *flow_table,
struct flow_offload_tuple_rhash *tuplehash,
- struct sk_buff *skb, int encap_limit)
+ struct sk_buff *skb)
{
enum flow_offload_tuple_dir dir;
struct flow_offload *flow;
@@ -1100,11 +1063,8 @@ static int nf_flow_offload_ipv6_forward(struct nf_flowtable_ctx *ctx,
flow = container_of(tuplehash, struct flow_offload, tuplehash[dir]);
mtu = flow->tuplehash[dir].tuple.mtu + ctx->offset;
- if (flow->tuplehash[!dir].tuple.tun_num) {
+ if (flow->tuplehash[!dir].tuple.tun_num)
mtu -= sizeof(*ip6h);
- if (encap_limit > 0)
- mtu -= 8; /* encap limit option */
- }
if (unlikely(nf_flow_exceeds_mtu(skb, mtu)))
return 0;
@@ -1158,7 +1118,6 @@ unsigned int
nf_flow_offload_ipv6_hook(void *priv, struct sk_buff *skb,
const struct nf_hook_state *state)
{
- int encap_limit = IPV6_DEFAULT_TNL_ENCAP_LIMIT;
struct flow_offload_tuple_rhash *tuplehash;
struct nf_flowtable *flow_table = priv;
struct flow_offload_tuple *other_tuple;
@@ -1177,8 +1136,7 @@ nf_flow_offload_ipv6_hook(void *priv, struct sk_buff *skb,
if (tuplehash == NULL)
return NF_ACCEPT;
- ret = nf_flow_offload_ipv6_forward(&ctx, flow_table, tuplehash, skb,
- encap_limit);
+ ret = nf_flow_offload_ipv6_forward(&ctx, flow_table, tuplehash, skb);
if (ret < 0)
return NF_DROP;
else if (ret == 0)
@@ -1198,7 +1156,7 @@ nf_flow_offload_ipv6_hook(void *priv, struct sk_buff *skb,
ip6_daddr = &other_tuple->src_v6;
if (nf_flow_tunnel_v6_push(state->net, skb, other_tuple,
- &ip6_daddr, encap_limit) < 0)
+ &ip6_daddr) < 0)
return NF_DROP;
switch (tuplehash->tuple.xmit_type) {
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/netfilter/nft_flowtable.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/netfilter/nft_flowtable.sh
index 7a34ef468975..08ad07500e8a 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/netfilter/nft_flowtable.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/netfilter/nft_flowtable.sh
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ ip -net "$nsr1" link set tun0 up
ip -net "$nsr1" addr add 192.168.100.1/24 dev tun0
ip netns exec "$nsr1" sysctl net.ipv4.conf.tun0.forwarding=1 > /dev/null
-ip -net "$nsr1" link add name tun6 type ip6tnl local fee1:2::1 remote fee1:2::2
+ip -net "$nsr1" link add name tun6 type ip6tnl local fee1:2::1 remote fee1:2::2 encaplimit none
ip -net "$nsr1" link set tun6 up
ip -net "$nsr1" addr add fee1:3::1/64 dev tun6 nodad
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ ip -net "$nsr2" link set tun0 up
ip -net "$nsr2" addr add 192.168.100.2/24 dev tun0
ip netns exec "$nsr2" sysctl net.ipv4.conf.tun0.forwarding=1 > /dev/null
-ip -net "$nsr2" link add name tun6 type ip6tnl local fee1:2::2 remote fee1:2::1 || ret=1
+ip -net "$nsr2" link add name tun6 type ip6tnl local fee1:2::2 remote fee1:2::1 encaplimit none || ret=1
ip -net "$nsr2" link set tun6 up
ip -net "$nsr2" addr add fee1:3::2/64 dev tun6 nodad
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ ip -net "$nsr1" route change default via 192.168.200.2
ip netns exec "$nsr1" sysctl net.ipv4.conf.tun0/10.forwarding=1 > /dev/null
ip netns exec "$nsr1" nft -a insert rule inet filter forward 'meta oif tun0.10 accept'
-ip -net "$nsr1" link add name tun6.10 type ip6tnl local fee1:4::1 remote fee1:4::2
+ip -net "$nsr1" link add name tun6.10 type ip6tnl local fee1:4::1 remote fee1:4::2 encaplimit none
ip -net "$nsr1" link set tun6.10 up
ip -net "$nsr1" addr add fee1:5::1/64 dev tun6.10 nodad
ip -6 -net "$nsr1" route delete default
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ ip -net "$nsr2" addr add 192.168.200.2/24 dev tun0.10
ip -net "$nsr2" route change default via 192.168.200.1
ip netns exec "$nsr2" sysctl net.ipv4.conf.tun0/10.forwarding=1 > /dev/null
-ip -net "$nsr2" link add name tun6.10 type ip6tnl local fee1:4::2 remote fee1:4::1 || ret=1
+ip -net "$nsr2" link add name tun6.10 type ip6tnl local fee1:4::2 remote fee1:4::1 encaplimit none || ret=1
ip -net "$nsr2" link set tun6.10 up
ip -net "$nsr2" addr add fee1:5::2/64 dev tun6.10 nodad
ip -6 -net "$nsr2" route delete default
--
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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso @ 2026-06-20 22:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netfilter-devel; +Cc: davem, netdev, kuba, pabeni, edumazet, fw, horms
From: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@netfilter.org>
Sashiko pointed out that there are a few lockless RCU readers
using test_bit() which is a relaxed atomic operation and
provides no memory barrier guarantees. Use test_bit_acquire()
instead where the operation may run parallel with add/del/gc,
i.e. is not one from the next cases
- protected by region lock
- in a set destroy phase
- in a new/temporary set creation phase
Fixes: 18f84d41d34f ("netfilter: ipset: Introduce RCU locking in hash:* types")
Signed-off-by: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@netfilter.org>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h
index 04e4627ddfc1..00c27b95207f 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ mtype_resize(struct ip_set *set, bool retried)
continue;
pos = smp_load_acquire(&n->pos);
for (j = 0; j < pos; j++) {
- if (!test_bit(j, n->used))
+ if (!test_bit_acquire(j, n->used))
continue;
data = ahash_data(n, j, dsize);
if (SET_ELEM_EXPIRED(set, data))
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ mtype_ext_size(struct ip_set *set, u32 *elements, size_t *ext_size)
continue;
pos = smp_load_acquire(&n->pos);
for (j = 0; j < pos; j++) {
- if (!test_bit(j, n->used))
+ if (!test_bit_acquire(j, n->used))
continue;
data = ahash_data(n, j, set->dsize);
if (!SET_ELEM_EXPIRED(set, data))
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ mtype_test_cidrs(struct ip_set *set, struct mtype_elem *d,
continue;
pos = smp_load_acquire(&n->pos);
for (i = 0; i < pos; i++) {
- if (!test_bit(i, n->used))
+ if (!test_bit_acquire(i, n->used))
continue;
data = ahash_data(n, i, set->dsize);
if (!mtype_data_equal(data, d, &multi))
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ mtype_test(struct ip_set *set, void *value, const struct ip_set_ext *ext,
}
pos = smp_load_acquire(&n->pos);
for (i = 0; i < pos; i++) {
- if (!test_bit(i, n->used))
+ if (!test_bit_acquire(i, n->used))
continue;
data = ahash_data(n, i, set->dsize);
if (!mtype_data_equal(data, d, &multi))
@@ -1396,7 +1396,7 @@ mtype_list(const struct ip_set *set,
continue;
pos = smp_load_acquire(&n->pos);
for (i = 0; i < pos; i++) {
- if (!test_bit(i, n->used))
+ if (!test_bit_acquire(i, n->used))
continue;
e = ahash_data(n, i, set->dsize);
if (SET_ELEM_EXPIRED(set, e))
--
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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso @ 2026-06-20 22:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netfilter-devel; +Cc: davem, netdev, kuba, pabeni, edumazet, fw, horms
From: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@netfilter.org>
The pair of the patch "netfilter: ipset: Don't use test_bit() in lockless
RCU readers in hash types" for the bitmap types.
Fixes: 02a3231b6d82 ("netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: store netns and zone in expectation")
Fixes: b0da3905bb1e ("netfilter: ipset: Bitmap types using the unified code base")
Signed-off-by: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@netfilter.org>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_gen.h | 4 +++-
net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_ip.c | 2 +-
net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_ipmac.c | 2 +-
net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_port.c | 2 +-
4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_gen.h b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_gen.h
index 798c7993635e..bb9b5bed10e1 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_gen.h
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_gen.h
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ mtype_add(struct ip_set *set, void *value, const struct ip_set_ext *ext,
ip_set_init_skbinfo(ext_skbinfo(x, set), ext);
/* Activate element */
+ smp_mb__before_atomic();
set_bit(e->id, map->members);
set->elements++;
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ mtype_list(const struct ip_set *set,
cond_resched_rcu();
id = cb->args[IPSET_CB_ARG0];
x = get_ext(set, map, id);
- if (!test_bit(id, map->members) ||
+ if (!test_bit_acquire(id, map->members) ||
(SET_WITH_TIMEOUT(set) &&
#ifdef IP_SET_BITMAP_STORED_TIMEOUT
mtype_is_filled(x) &&
@@ -278,6 +279,7 @@ mtype_gc(struct timer_list *t)
x = get_ext(set, map, id);
if (ip_set_timeout_expired(ext_timeout(x, set))) {
clear_bit(id, map->members);
+ smp_mb__after_atomic();
ip_set_ext_destroy(set, x);
set->elements--;
}
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_ip.c b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_ip.c
index 5988b9bb9029..ac7febce074f 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_ip.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_ip.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static int
bitmap_ip_do_test(const struct bitmap_ip_adt_elem *e,
struct bitmap_ip *map, size_t dsize)
{
- return !!test_bit(e->id, map->members);
+ return !!test_bit_acquire(e->id, map->members);
}
static int
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_ipmac.c b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_ipmac.c
index 752f59ef8744..5921fd9d2dca 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_ipmac.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_ipmac.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ bitmap_ipmac_do_test(const struct bitmap_ipmac_adt_elem *e,
{
const struct bitmap_ipmac_elem *elem;
- if (!test_bit(e->id, map->members))
+ if (!test_bit_acquire(e->id, map->members))
return 0;
elem = get_const_elem(map->extensions, e->id, dsize);
if (e->add_mac && elem->filled == MAC_FILLED)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_port.c b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_port.c
index 7138e080def4..ca875c982424 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_port.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_port.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static int
bitmap_port_do_test(const struct bitmap_port_adt_elem *e,
const struct bitmap_port *map, size_t dsize)
{
- return !!test_bit(e->id, map->members);
+ return !!test_bit_acquire(e->id, map->members);
}
static int
--
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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso @ 2026-06-20 22:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netfilter-devel; +Cc: davem, netdev, kuba, pabeni, edumazet, fw, horms
From: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@netfilter.org>
Sashiko pointed out that kfree_rcu() was called before
rcu_assign_pointer() in handling the comment extension.
Fix the order so that rcu_assign_pointer() called first.
Fixes: b57b2d1fa53f ("netfilter: ipset: Prepare the ipset core to use RCU at set level")
Signed-off-by: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@netfilter.org>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
index 3706b4a85a0f..a531b654b8d9 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
@@ -351,8 +351,8 @@ ip_set_init_comment(struct ip_set *set, struct ip_set_comment *comment,
if (unlikely(c)) {
set->ext_size -= sizeof(*c) + strlen(c->str) + 1;
- kfree_rcu(c, rcu);
rcu_assign_pointer(comment->c, NULL);
+ kfree_rcu(c, rcu);
}
if (!len)
return;
@@ -393,8 +393,8 @@ ip_set_comment_free(struct ip_set *set, void *ptr)
if (unlikely(!c))
return;
set->ext_size -= sizeof(*c) + strlen(c->str) + 1;
- kfree_rcu(c, rcu);
rcu_assign_pointer(comment->c, NULL);
+ kfree_rcu(c, rcu);
}
typedef void (*destroyer)(struct ip_set *, void *);
--
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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso @ 2026-06-20 22:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netfilter-devel; +Cc: davem, netdev, kuba, pabeni, edumazet, fw, horms
From: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@netfilter.org>
Sashiko noticed that when destroying a set,
cancel_delayed_work_sync() was called while gc
calls queue_delayed_work() unconditionally which
can lead not to properly shutting down the gc.
Fixes: f66ee0410b1c ("netfilter: ipset: Fix "INFO: rcu detected stall in hash_xxx" reports")
Signed-off-by: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@netfilter.org>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h
index 00c27b95207f..dedf59b661dd 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ mtype_cancel_gc(struct ip_set *set)
struct htype *h = set->data;
if (SET_WITH_TIMEOUT(set))
- cancel_delayed_work_sync(&h->gc.dwork);
+ disable_delayed_work_sync(&h->gc.dwork);
}
static int
--
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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso @ 2026-06-20 22:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netfilter-devel; +Cc: davem, netdev, kuba, pabeni, edumazet, fw, horms
From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Large offsets were rejected based on netlink policy, but blamed commit
removed the policy without updating nft_payload_inner_init() to use the
truncation-check helper.
Silent truncation is not a problem, but not wanted either, so add a
check.
Fixes: 077dc4a27579 ("netfilter: nft_payload: extend offset to 65535 bytes")
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Reviewed-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
net/netfilter/nft_payload.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c b/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c
index ef2a80dfc68f..345eff140d56 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c
@@ -224,11 +224,17 @@ static int nft_payload_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
const struct nlattr * const tb[])
{
struct nft_payload *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
+ u32 offset;
+ int err;
priv->base = ntohl(nla_get_be32(tb[NFTA_PAYLOAD_BASE]));
- priv->offset = ntohl(nla_get_be32(tb[NFTA_PAYLOAD_OFFSET]));
priv->len = ntohl(nla_get_be32(tb[NFTA_PAYLOAD_LEN]));
+ err = nft_parse_u32_check(tb[NFTA_PAYLOAD_OFFSET], U16_MAX, &offset);
+ if (err < 0)
+ return err;
+ priv->offset = offset;
+
return nft_parse_register_store(ctx, tb[NFTA_PAYLOAD_DREG],
&priv->dreg, NULL, NFT_DATA_VALUE,
priv->len);
@@ -621,7 +627,8 @@ static int nft_payload_inner_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
const struct nlattr * const tb[])
{
struct nft_payload *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
- u32 base;
+ u32 base, offset;
+ int err;
if (!tb[NFTA_PAYLOAD_BASE] || !tb[NFTA_PAYLOAD_OFFSET] ||
!tb[NFTA_PAYLOAD_LEN] || !tb[NFTA_PAYLOAD_DREG])
@@ -639,8 +646,11 @@ static int nft_payload_inner_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
}
priv->base = base;
- priv->offset = ntohl(nla_get_be32(tb[NFTA_PAYLOAD_OFFSET]));
priv->len = ntohl(nla_get_be32(tb[NFTA_PAYLOAD_LEN]));
+ err = nft_parse_u32_check(tb[NFTA_PAYLOAD_OFFSET], U16_MAX, &offset);
+ if (err < 0)
+ return err;
+ priv->offset = offset;
return nft_parse_register_store(ctx, tb[NFTA_PAYLOAD_DREG],
&priv->dreg, NULL, NFT_DATA_VALUE,
--
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To: netfilter-devel; +Cc: davem, netdev, kuba, pabeni, edumazet, fw, horms
From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Blamed commit added NFT_META_BRI_IIFHWADDR to the set validate callback,
yet this is a get operation.
Add a get validate callback and move the NFT_META_BRI_IIFHWADDR key
there.
AFAICS this is harmless, NFT_META_BRI_IIFHWADDR can deal with a NULL
input device and the set handler ignores a NFT_META_BRI_IIFHWADDR
operation, but it allows to read 4 bytes off bridge skb->cb[].
Fixes: cbd2257dc96e ("netfilter: nft_meta_bridge: introduce NFT_META_BRI_IIFHWADDR support")
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Reviewed-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
include/net/netfilter/nft_meta.h | 2 ++
net/bridge/netfilter/nft_meta_bridge.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
net/netfilter/nft_meta.c | 5 +++--
3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nft_meta.h b/include/net/netfilter/nft_meta.h
index f74e63290603..6cf1d910bbf8 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nft_meta.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nft_meta.h
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ void nft_meta_set_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
void nft_meta_set_destroy(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
const struct nft_expr *expr);
+int nft_meta_get_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
+ const struct nft_expr *expr);
int nft_meta_set_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
const struct nft_expr *expr);
diff --git a/net/bridge/netfilter/nft_meta_bridge.c b/net/bridge/netfilter/nft_meta_bridge.c
index 219c40680260..3d95f68e0906 100644
--- a/net/bridge/netfilter/nft_meta_bridge.c
+++ b/net/bridge/netfilter/nft_meta_bridge.c
@@ -107,12 +107,30 @@ static int nft_meta_bridge_get_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
NULL, NFT_DATA_VALUE, len);
}
+static int nft_meta_bridge_get_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
+ const struct nft_expr *expr)
+{
+ struct nft_meta *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
+ unsigned int hooks;
+
+ switch (priv->key) {
+ case NFT_META_BRI_IIFHWADDR:
+ hooks = 1 << NF_BR_PRE_ROUTING;
+ break;
+ default:
+ return nft_meta_get_validate(ctx, expr);
+ }
+
+ return nft_chain_validate_hooks(ctx->chain, hooks);
+}
+
static struct nft_expr_type nft_meta_bridge_type;
static const struct nft_expr_ops nft_meta_bridge_get_ops = {
.type = &nft_meta_bridge_type,
.size = NFT_EXPR_SIZE(sizeof(struct nft_meta)),
.eval = nft_meta_bridge_get_eval,
.init = nft_meta_bridge_get_init,
+ .validate = nft_meta_bridge_get_validate,
.dump = nft_meta_get_dump,
};
@@ -168,7 +186,6 @@ static int nft_meta_bridge_set_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
switch (priv->key) {
case NFT_META_BRI_BROUTE:
- case NFT_META_BRI_IIFHWADDR:
hooks = 1 << NF_BR_PRE_ROUTING;
break;
default:
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_meta.c b/net/netfilter/nft_meta.c
index 9b5821c64442..0a43e0787a68 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_meta.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_meta.c
@@ -635,8 +635,8 @@ static int nft_meta_get_validate_xfrm(const struct nft_ctx *ctx)
#endif
}
-static int nft_meta_get_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
- const struct nft_expr *expr)
+int nft_meta_get_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
+ const struct nft_expr *expr)
{
const struct nft_meta *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
@@ -652,6 +652,7 @@ static int nft_meta_get_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
return 0;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nft_meta_get_validate);
int nft_meta_set_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
const struct nft_expr *expr)
--
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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso @ 2026-06-20 22:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netfilter-devel; +Cc: davem, netdev, kuba, pabeni, edumazet, fw, horms
From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
LLM points out that the skip causes unitialised stack array to
propagate down into dev_fill_forward_path(). Its not clear to me that
there is a guarantee that a later ctx.dev->netdev_ops->ndo_fill_forward_path()
would always fix this up.
Cc: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Fixes: 45ca3e61999e ("netfilter: nft_flow_offload: skip dst neigh lookup for ppp devices")
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c
index 1e7e216b9f89..98c03b487f52 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ static int nft_dev_fill_forward_path(const struct nf_flow_route *route,
struct neighbour *n;
u8 nud_state;
- if (!nft_is_valid_ether_device(dev))
+ if (!nft_is_valid_ether_device(dev)) {
+ eth_zero_addr(ha);
goto out;
+ }
n = dst_neigh_lookup(dst_cache, daddr);
if (!n)
--
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2026-06-20 22:27 ` [PATCH net 13/14] netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: use conntrack GC to reap expectations Pablo Neira Ayuso
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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso @ 2026-06-20 22:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netfilter-devel; +Cc: davem, netdev, kuba, pabeni, edumazet, fw, horms
From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Not a big deal but this hould have used the real ip header length and not the
base header size. As-is, if there are options then
nf_skb_is_icmp_unreach() result will be random.
Fixes: db99b2f2b3e2 ("netfilter: nf_reject: don't reply to icmp error messages")
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv4.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv4.c
index fecf6621f679..4626dc46808f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv4.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static bool nf_skb_is_icmp_unreach(const struct sk_buff *skb)
if (iph->protocol != IPPROTO_ICMP)
return false;
- thoff = skb_network_offset(skb) + sizeof(*iph);
+ thoff = skb_network_offset(skb) + ip_hdrlen(skb);
tp = skb_header_pointer(skb,
thoff + offsetof(struct icmphdr, type),
--
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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso @ 2026-06-20 22:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netfilter-devel; +Cc: davem, netdev, kuba, pabeni, edumazet, fw, horms
This patch replaces the timer API by GC worker approach for
expectations, as it already happened in many other subsystems.
Use the existing conntrack GC worker to iterate over the local list of
expectations in the master conntrack to reap expired expectations.
Check IPS_HELPER_BIT to run GC for expectations, set it on for nft_ct
expectation which nevers sets it. Hold the expectation spinlock while
iterating over the master conntrack expectation list to synchronize with
nf_ct_remove_expectations(). This also performs runtime packet path
garbage collection through the expectation insertion and lookup
functions while walking over one of the chains of the global expectation
hashtables. Unconfirmed conntrack entries are skipped since ct->ext can
be reallocated and dying are skipped since those will be gone soon.
Set on IPS_HELPER_BIT if the helper ct extension is added, then the new
GC worker does not need to bump the ct refcount to check if the ct->ext
helper is available.
This removes the extra bump on the refcount for expectation timers, this
allows to remove several nf_ct_expect_put() calls after the unlink,
after this update only refcount remains at 1 while on the expectation
hashes.
This patch implicitly addresses a race with the existing timer API
allowing an expectation to access a stale exp->master pointer which has
been already released when expectation removal loses races with an
expiring timer, ie. timer_del() reporting false.
Add a new NF_CT_EXPECT_DEAD flag to reap this expectation via GC. This
is needed by nf_conntrack_unexpect_related() which is called in error
paths to invalidate newly created expectations that has been added into
the hashes. These expectactions cannot be inmediately released as GC or
nf_ct_remove_expectations() could race to make it. On expectation
insert, the runtime GC reaps stale expectations before checking the
expectation limit set by policy.
Set current timestamp in nf_ct_expect_alloc(), then add the expectation
policy timeout (or custom timeout specified added on top of this) to
specify the expectation lifetime.
Fixes: bffcaad9afdf ("netfilter: ctnetlink: ensure safe access to master conntrack")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.h | 16 +-
.../linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_common.h | 1 +
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c | 33 +++-
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c | 145 +++++++++---------
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_h323_main.c | 4 +-
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c | 10 +-
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c | 22 ++-
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c | 13 +-
net/netfilter/nft_ct.c | 3 +-
9 files changed, 139 insertions(+), 108 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.h
index 80f50fd0f7ad..be4a120d549e 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.h
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ struct nf_conntrack_expect {
/* The conntrack of the master connection */
struct nf_conn *master;
- /* Timer function; deletes the expectation. */
- struct timer_list timeout;
+ /* jiffies32 when this expectation expires */
+ u32 timeout;
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NF_NAT)
union nf_inet_addr saved_addr;
@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ struct nf_conntrack_expect {
struct rcu_head rcu;
};
+static inline bool nf_ct_exp_is_expired(const struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp)
+{
+ if (READ_ONCE(exp->flags) & NF_CT_EXPECT_DEAD)
+ return true;
+
+ return (__s32)(READ_ONCE(exp->timeout) - nfct_time_stamp) <= 0;
+}
+
static inline struct net *nf_ct_exp_net(struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp)
{
return read_pnet(&exp->net);
@@ -130,7 +138,6 @@ static inline void nf_ct_unlink_expect(struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp)
void nf_ct_remove_expectations(struct nf_conn *ct);
void nf_ct_unexpect_related(struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp);
-bool nf_ct_remove_expect(struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp);
void nf_ct_expect_iterate_destroy(bool (*iter)(struct nf_conntrack_expect *e, void *data), void *data);
void nf_ct_expect_iterate_net(struct net *net,
@@ -153,5 +160,8 @@ static inline int nf_ct_expect_related(struct nf_conntrack_expect *expect,
return nf_ct_expect_related_report(expect, 0, 0, flags);
}
+struct nf_conn_help;
+void nf_ct_expectation_gc(struct nf_conn_help *master_help);
+
#endif /*_NF_CONNTRACK_EXPECT_H*/
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_common.h b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_common.h
index 56b6b60a814f..ee51045ae1d6 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_common.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_common.h
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ enum ip_conntrack_expect_events {
#define NF_CT_EXPECT_USERSPACE 0x4
#ifdef __KERNEL__
+#define NF_CT_EXPECT_DEAD 0x8
#define NF_CT_EXPECT_MASK (NF_CT_EXPECT_PERMANENT | NF_CT_EXPECT_INACTIVE | \
NF_CT_EXPECT_USERSPACE)
#endif
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index 4fb3a2d18631..784bd1d7a9bf 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -1471,6 +1471,31 @@ static bool gc_worker_can_early_drop(const struct nf_conn *ct)
return false;
}
+static void nf_ct_help_gc(struct nf_conn *ct)
+{
+ struct nf_conn_help *help;
+
+ if (!refcount_inc_not_zero(&ct->ct_general.use))
+ return;
+
+ /* load ->status after refcount increase */
+ smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep();
+
+ if (!nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct) || nf_ct_is_dying(ct)) {
+ nf_ct_put(ct);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ /* re-check helper due to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU */
+ if (test_bit(IPS_HELPER_BIT, &ct->status)) {
+ help = nfct_help(ct);
+ if (help)
+ nf_ct_expectation_gc(help);
+ }
+
+ nf_ct_put(ct);
+}
+
static void gc_worker(struct work_struct *work)
{
unsigned int i, hashsz, nf_conntrack_max95 = 0;
@@ -1543,7 +1568,13 @@ static void gc_worker(struct work_struct *work)
expires = (expires - (long)next_run) / ++count;
next_run += expires;
- if (nf_conntrack_max95 == 0 || gc_worker_skip_ct(tmp))
+ if (gc_worker_skip_ct(tmp))
+ continue;
+
+ if (test_bit(IPS_HELPER_BIT, &tmp->status))
+ nf_ct_help_gc(tmp);
+
+ if (nf_conntrack_max95 == 0)
continue;
net = nf_ct_net(tmp);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c
index 5c9b17835c28..49e18eda037e 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c
@@ -43,6 +43,24 @@ unsigned int nf_ct_expect_max __read_mostly;
static struct kmem_cache *nf_ct_expect_cachep __read_mostly;
static siphash_aligned_key_t nf_ct_expect_hashrnd;
+void nf_ct_expectation_gc(struct nf_conn_help *master_help)
+{
+ struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp;
+ struct hlist_node *next;
+
+ if (hlist_empty(&master_help->expectations))
+ return;
+
+ spin_lock_bh(&nf_conntrack_expect_lock);
+ hlist_for_each_entry_safe(exp, next, &master_help->expectations, lnode) {
+ if (!nf_ct_exp_is_expired(exp))
+ continue;
+
+ nf_ct_unlink_expect(exp);
+ }
+ spin_unlock_bh(&nf_conntrack_expect_lock);
+}
+
/* nf_conntrack_expect helper functions */
void nf_ct_unlink_expect_report(struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp,
u32 portid, int report)
@@ -52,7 +70,6 @@ void nf_ct_unlink_expect_report(struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp,
struct nf_conntrack_net *cnet;
lockdep_nfct_expect_lock_held();
- WARN_ON_ONCE(timer_pending(&exp->timeout));
hlist_del_rcu(&exp->hnode);
@@ -70,16 +87,6 @@ void nf_ct_unlink_expect_report(struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_ct_unlink_expect_report);
-static void nf_ct_expectation_timed_out(struct timer_list *t)
-{
- struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp = timer_container_of(exp, t, timeout);
-
- spin_lock_bh(&nf_conntrack_expect_lock);
- nf_ct_unlink_expect(exp);
- spin_unlock_bh(&nf_conntrack_expect_lock);
- nf_ct_expect_put(exp);
-}
-
static unsigned int nf_ct_expect_dst_hash(const struct net *n, const struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple)
{
struct {
@@ -117,19 +124,6 @@ nf_ct_exp_equal(const struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple,
nf_ct_exp_zone_equal_any(i, zone);
}
-bool nf_ct_remove_expect(struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp)
-{
- lockdep_nfct_expect_lock_held();
-
- if (timer_delete(&exp->timeout)) {
- nf_ct_unlink_expect(exp);
- nf_ct_expect_put(exp);
- return true;
- }
- return false;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_ct_remove_expect);
-
struct nf_conntrack_expect *
__nf_ct_expect_find(struct net *net,
const struct nf_conntrack_zone *zone,
@@ -144,6 +138,8 @@ __nf_ct_expect_find(struct net *net,
h = nf_ct_expect_dst_hash(net, tuple);
hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(i, &nf_ct_expect_hash[h], hnode) {
+ if (nf_ct_exp_is_expired(i))
+ continue;
if (nf_ct_exp_equal(tuple, i, zone, net))
return i;
}
@@ -178,6 +174,7 @@ nf_ct_find_expectation(struct net *net,
{
struct nf_conntrack_net *cnet = nf_ct_pernet(net);
struct nf_conntrack_expect *i, *exp = NULL;
+ struct hlist_node *next;
unsigned int h;
lockdep_nfct_expect_lock_held();
@@ -186,7 +183,11 @@ nf_ct_find_expectation(struct net *net,
return NULL;
h = nf_ct_expect_dst_hash(net, tuple);
- hlist_for_each_entry(i, &nf_ct_expect_hash[h], hnode) {
+ hlist_for_each_entry_safe(i, next, &nf_ct_expect_hash[h], hnode) {
+ if (nf_ct_exp_is_expired(i)) {
+ nf_ct_unlink_expect(i);
+ continue;
+ }
if (!(i->flags & NF_CT_EXPECT_INACTIVE) &&
nf_ct_exp_equal(tuple, i, zone, net)) {
exp = i;
@@ -196,13 +197,16 @@ nf_ct_find_expectation(struct net *net,
if (!exp)
return NULL;
+ if (!refcount_inc_not_zero(&exp->use))
+ return NULL;
+
/* If master is not in hash table yet (ie. packet hasn't left
this machine yet), how can other end know about expected?
Hence these are not the droids you are looking for (if
master ct never got confirmed, we'd hold a reference to it
and weird things would happen to future packets). */
if (!nf_ct_is_confirmed(exp->master))
- return NULL;
+ goto err_release_exp;
/* Avoid race with other CPUs, that for exp->master ct, is
* about to invoke ->destroy(), or nf_ct_delete() via timeout
@@ -214,18 +218,17 @@ nf_ct_find_expectation(struct net *net,
*/
if (unlikely(nf_ct_is_dying(exp->master) ||
!refcount_inc_not_zero(&exp->master->ct_general.use)))
- return NULL;
+ goto err_release_exp;
- if (exp->flags & NF_CT_EXPECT_PERMANENT || !unlink) {
- refcount_inc(&exp->use);
- return exp;
- } else if (timer_delete(&exp->timeout)) {
- nf_ct_unlink_expect(exp);
+ if (exp->flags & NF_CT_EXPECT_PERMANENT || !unlink)
return exp;
- }
- /* Undo exp->master refcnt increase, if timer_delete() failed */
- nf_ct_put(exp->master);
+ nf_ct_unlink_expect(exp);
+
+ return exp;
+
+err_release_exp:
+ nf_ct_expect_put(exp);
return NULL;
}
@@ -241,9 +244,8 @@ void nf_ct_remove_expectations(struct nf_conn *ct)
return;
spin_lock_bh(&nf_conntrack_expect_lock);
- hlist_for_each_entry_safe(exp, next, &help->expectations, lnode) {
- nf_ct_remove_expect(exp);
- }
+ hlist_for_each_entry_safe(exp, next, &help->expectations, lnode)
+ nf_ct_unlink_expect(exp);
spin_unlock_bh(&nf_conntrack_expect_lock);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_ct_remove_expectations);
@@ -292,7 +294,7 @@ static bool master_matches(const struct nf_conntrack_expect *a,
void nf_ct_unexpect_related(struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp)
{
spin_lock_bh(&nf_conntrack_expect_lock);
- nf_ct_remove_expect(exp);
+ WRITE_ONCE(exp->flags, exp->flags | NF_CT_EXPECT_DEAD);
spin_unlock_bh(&nf_conntrack_expect_lock);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_ct_unexpect_related);
@@ -308,6 +310,7 @@ struct nf_conntrack_expect *nf_ct_expect_alloc(struct nf_conn *me)
if (!new)
return NULL;
+ new->timeout = nfct_time_stamp;
new->master = me;
refcount_set(&new->use, 1);
return new;
@@ -413,17 +416,12 @@ static void nf_ct_expect_insert(struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp,
struct net *net = nf_ct_exp_net(exp);
unsigned int h = nf_ct_expect_dst_hash(net, &exp->tuple);
- /* two references : one for hash insert, one for the timer */
- refcount_add(2, &exp->use);
+ refcount_inc(&exp->use);
- timer_setup(&exp->timeout, nf_ct_expectation_timed_out, 0);
helper = rcu_dereference_protected(master_help->helper,
lockdep_is_held(&nf_conntrack_expect_lock));
- if (helper) {
- exp->timeout.expires = jiffies +
- helper->expect_policy[exp->class].timeout * HZ;
- }
- add_timer(&exp->timeout);
+ if (helper)
+ exp->timeout += helper->expect_policy[exp->class].timeout * HZ;
hlist_add_head_rcu(&exp->lnode, &master_help->expectations);
master_help->expecting[exp->class]++;
@@ -435,19 +433,26 @@ static void nf_ct_expect_insert(struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp,
NF_CT_STAT_INC(net, expect_create);
}
-/* Race with expectations being used means we could have none to find; OK. */
static void evict_oldest_expect(struct nf_conn_help *master_help,
- struct nf_conntrack_expect *new)
+ struct nf_conntrack_expect *new,
+ const struct nf_conntrack_expect_policy *p)
{
struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp, *last = NULL;
+ struct hlist_node *next;
- hlist_for_each_entry(exp, &master_help->expectations, lnode) {
+ hlist_for_each_entry_safe(exp, next, &master_help->expectations, lnode) {
+ if (nf_ct_exp_is_expired(exp)) {
+ nf_ct_unlink_expect(exp);
+ continue;
+ }
if (exp->class == new->class)
last = exp;
}
- if (last)
- nf_ct_remove_expect(last);
+ /* Still worth to evict oldest expectation after garbage collection? */
+ if (last &&
+ master_help->expecting[last->class] >= p->max_expected)
+ nf_ct_unlink_expect(last);
}
static inline int __nf_ct_expect_check(struct nf_conntrack_expect *expect,
@@ -467,14 +472,18 @@ static inline int __nf_ct_expect_check(struct nf_conntrack_expect *expect,
h = nf_ct_expect_dst_hash(net, &expect->tuple);
hlist_for_each_entry_safe(i, next, &nf_ct_expect_hash[h], hnode) {
+ if (nf_ct_exp_is_expired(i)) {
+ nf_ct_unlink_expect(i);
+ continue;
+ }
if (master_matches(i, expect, flags) &&
expect_matches(i, expect)) {
if (i->class != expect->class ||
i->master != expect->master)
return -EALREADY;
- if (nf_ct_remove_expect(i))
- break;
+ nf_ct_unlink_expect(i);
+ break;
} else if (expect_clash(i, expect)) {
ret = -EBUSY;
goto out;
@@ -486,14 +495,8 @@ static inline int __nf_ct_expect_check(struct nf_conntrack_expect *expect,
if (helper) {
p = &helper->expect_policy[expect->class];
if (p->max_expected &&
- master_help->expecting[expect->class] >= p->max_expected) {
- evict_oldest_expect(master_help, expect);
- if (master_help->expecting[expect->class]
- >= p->max_expected) {
- ret = -EMFILE;
- goto out;
- }
- }
+ master_help->expecting[expect->class] >= p->max_expected)
+ evict_oldest_expect(master_help, expect, p);
}
cnet = nf_ct_pernet(net);
@@ -547,10 +550,8 @@ void nf_ct_expect_iterate_destroy(bool (*iter)(struct nf_conntrack_expect *e, vo
hlist_for_each_entry_safe(exp, next,
&nf_ct_expect_hash[i],
hnode) {
- if (iter(exp, data) && timer_delete(&exp->timeout)) {
+ if (iter(exp, data))
nf_ct_unlink_expect(exp);
- nf_ct_expect_put(exp);
- }
}
}
@@ -577,10 +578,8 @@ void nf_ct_expect_iterate_net(struct net *net,
if (!net_eq(nf_ct_exp_net(exp), net))
continue;
- if (iter(exp, data) && timer_delete(&exp->timeout)) {
+ if (iter(exp, data))
nf_ct_unlink_expect_report(exp, portid, report);
- nf_ct_expect_put(exp);
- }
}
}
@@ -657,17 +656,17 @@ static int exp_seq_show(struct seq_file *s, void *v)
struct net *net = seq_file_net(s);
struct hlist_node *n = v;
char *delim = "";
+ __s32 timeout;
expect = hlist_entry(n, struct nf_conntrack_expect, hnode);
if (!net_eq(nf_ct_exp_net(expect), net))
return 0;
+ if (nf_ct_exp_is_expired(expect))
+ return 0;
- if (expect->timeout.function)
- seq_printf(s, "%ld ", timer_pending(&expect->timeout)
- ? (long)(expect->timeout.expires - jiffies)/HZ : 0);
- else
- seq_puts(s, "- ");
+ timeout = (__s32)(READ_ONCE(expect->timeout) - nfct_time_stamp) / HZ;
+ seq_printf(s, "%d ", timeout > 0 ? timeout : 0);
seq_printf(s, "l3proto = %u proto=%u ",
expect->tuple.src.l3num,
expect->tuple.dst.protonum);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_h323_main.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_h323_main.c
index 7f189dceb3c4..24931e379985 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_h323_main.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_h323_main.c
@@ -1388,8 +1388,8 @@ static int process_rcf(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nf_conn *ct,
"timeout to %u seconds for",
info->timeout);
nf_ct_dump_tuple(&exp->tuple);
- mod_timer_pending(&exp->timeout,
- jiffies + info->timeout * HZ);
+ WRITE_ONCE(exp->timeout,
+ nfct_time_stamp + (info->timeout * HZ));
}
spin_unlock_bh(&nf_conntrack_expect_lock);
}
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
index 2f35bdd0d7d7..8b94001c2430 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
@@ -181,10 +181,10 @@ nf_ct_helper_ext_add(struct nf_conn *ct, gfp_t gfp)
struct nf_conn_help *help;
help = nf_ct_ext_add(ct, NF_CT_EXT_HELPER, gfp);
- if (help)
+ if (help) {
+ __set_bit(IPS_HELPER_BIT, &ct->status);
INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&help->expectations);
- else
- pr_debug("failed to add helper extension area");
+ }
return help;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_ct_helper_ext_add);
@@ -203,10 +203,8 @@ int __nf_ct_try_assign_helper(struct nf_conn *ct, struct nf_conn *tmpl,
return 0;
help = nfct_help(tmpl);
- if (help != NULL) {
+ if (help)
helper = rcu_dereference(help->helper);
- set_bit(IPS_HELPER_BIT, &ct->status);
- }
help = nfct_help(ct);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index b429e648f06c..4e78d2482989 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -3014,8 +3014,8 @@ static int
ctnetlink_exp_dump_expect(struct sk_buff *skb,
const struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp)
{
+ __s32 timeout = (__s32)(READ_ONCE(exp->timeout) - nfct_time_stamp) / HZ;
struct nf_conn *master = exp->master;
- long timeout = ((long)exp->timeout.expires - (long)jiffies) / HZ;
struct nf_conntrack_helper *helper;
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NF_NAT)
struct nlattr *nest_parms;
@@ -3178,6 +3178,9 @@ ctnetlink_exp_dump_table(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
restart:
hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(exp, &nf_ct_expect_hash[cb->args[0]],
hnode) {
+ if (nf_ct_exp_is_expired(exp))
+ continue;
+
if (l3proto && exp->tuple.src.l3num != l3proto)
continue;
@@ -3456,11 +3459,8 @@ static int ctnetlink_del_expect(struct sk_buff *skb,
}
/* after list removal, usage count == 1 */
- if (timer_delete(&exp->timeout)) {
- nf_ct_unlink_expect_report(exp, NETLINK_CB(skb).portid,
- nlmsg_report(info->nlh));
- nf_ct_expect_put(exp);
- }
+ nf_ct_unlink_expect_report(exp, NETLINK_CB(skb).portid,
+ nlmsg_report(info->nlh));
spin_unlock_bh(&nf_conntrack_expect_lock);
/* have to put what we 'get' above.
* after this line usage count == 0 */
@@ -3484,14 +3484,10 @@ static int
ctnetlink_change_expect(struct nf_conntrack_expect *x,
const struct nlattr * const cda[])
{
- if (cda[CTA_EXPECT_TIMEOUT]) {
- if (!timer_delete(&x->timeout))
- return -ETIME;
+ if (cda[CTA_EXPECT_TIMEOUT])
+ WRITE_ONCE(x->timeout, nfct_time_stamp +
+ ntohl(nla_get_be32(cda[CTA_EXPECT_TIMEOUT])) * HZ);
- x->timeout.expires = jiffies +
- ntohl(nla_get_be32(cda[CTA_EXPECT_TIMEOUT])) * HZ;
- add_timer(&x->timeout);
- }
return 0;
}
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c
index c606d1f60b58..5ec3a4a4bbd7 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c
@@ -897,11 +897,10 @@ static int refresh_signalling_expectation(struct nf_conn *ct,
exp->tuple.dst.protonum != proto ||
exp->tuple.dst.u.udp.port != port)
continue;
- if (mod_timer_pending(&exp->timeout, jiffies + expires * HZ)) {
- exp->flags &= ~NF_CT_EXPECT_INACTIVE;
- found = 1;
- break;
- }
+ WRITE_ONCE(exp->timeout, nfct_time_stamp + (expires * HZ));
+ WRITE_ONCE(exp->flags, exp->flags & ~NF_CT_EXPECT_INACTIVE);
+ found = 1;
+ break;
}
spin_unlock_bh(&nf_conntrack_expect_lock);
return found;
@@ -920,8 +919,7 @@ static void flush_expectations(struct nf_conn *ct, bool media)
hlist_for_each_entry_safe(exp, next, &help->expectations, lnode) {
if ((exp->class != SIP_EXPECT_SIGNALLING) ^ media)
continue;
- if (!nf_ct_remove_expect(exp))
- continue;
+ nf_ct_unlink_expect(exp);
if (!media)
break;
}
@@ -1413,7 +1411,6 @@ static int process_register_request(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int protoff,
nf_ct_expect_init(exp, SIP_EXPECT_SIGNALLING, nf_ct_l3num(ct),
saddr, &daddr, proto, NULL, &port);
- exp->timeout.expires = sip_timeout * HZ;
rcu_assign_pointer(exp->assign_helper, helper);
exp->flags = NF_CT_EXPECT_PERMANENT | NF_CT_EXPECT_INACTIVE;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_ct.c b/net/netfilter/nft_ct.c
index 25934c6f01fb..958054dd2e2e 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_ct.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_ct.c
@@ -1145,7 +1145,6 @@ static void nft_ct_helper_obj_eval(struct nft_object *obj,
help = nf_ct_helper_ext_add(ct, GFP_ATOMIC);
if (help && refcount_inc_not_zero(&to_assign->ct_refcnt)) {
rcu_assign_pointer(help->helper, to_assign);
- set_bit(IPS_HELPER_BIT, &ct->status);
if ((ct->status & IPS_NAT_MASK) && !nfct_seqadj(ct))
if (!nfct_seqadj_ext_add(ct))
@@ -1326,7 +1325,7 @@ static void nft_ct_expect_obj_eval(struct nft_object *obj,
&ct->tuplehash[!dir].tuple.src.u3,
&ct->tuplehash[!dir].tuple.dst.u3,
priv->l4proto, NULL, &priv->dport);
- exp->timeout.expires = jiffies + priv->timeout * HZ;
+ exp->timeout += priv->timeout * HZ;
if (nf_ct_expect_related(exp, 0) != 0)
regs->verdict.code = NF_DROP;
--
2.47.3
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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso @ 2026-06-20 22:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netfilter-devel; +Cc: davem, netdev, kuba, pabeni, edumazet, fw, horms
From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
This needs to test for nonzero retval.
Fixes: c54c7c685494 ("netfilter: nft_meta_bridge: add NFT_META_BRI_IIFPVID support")
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260618061631.21919-1-fw%40strlen.de
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
net/bridge/netfilter/nft_meta_bridge.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/bridge/netfilter/nft_meta_bridge.c b/net/bridge/netfilter/nft_meta_bridge.c
index 3d95f68e0906..e4c9aa1f64e2 100644
--- a/net/bridge/netfilter/nft_meta_bridge.c
+++ b/net/bridge/netfilter/nft_meta_bridge.c
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ static void nft_meta_bridge_get_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
if (!br_dev || !br_vlan_enabled(br_dev))
goto err;
- br_vlan_get_pvid_rcu(in, &p_pvid);
+ if (br_vlan_get_pvid_rcu(in, &p_pvid))
+ goto err;
+
nft_reg_store16(dest, p_pvid);
return;
}
--
2.47.3
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