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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, horms@kernel.org,
	fw@strlen.de, ja@ssi.bg
Subject: [PATCH net 09/12] netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: hold nfnl mutex in event notifier
Date: Thu,  3 Sep 2026 02:41:46 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260903004149.1037028-10-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260903004149.1037028-1-pablo@netfilter.org>

From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>

We must serialize the release notifier and the config netlink function.
A concurrent thread can issue close() which can call the release function
while unrelated socket processes UNBIND request for same portid:

Oops: general protection fault, [..]
RIP: 0010:__instance_destroy+0x60/0x210 [nfnetlink_queue]
Call Trace:
 nfqnl_recv_config+0x9b0/0xdc0 [nfnetlink_queue]
 nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7c2/0xeb0
 ? __pfx_nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10

After this, parallel UNBIND and URELEASE events are impossible.

This change isn't nice, but its the shortest fix given instances
are not refcounted and the nfnetlink config callback drops the
rcu read lock early due to need for sleeping allocations.

Fixes: 7af4cc3fa158 ("[NETFILTER]: Add "nfnetlink_queue" netfilter queue handler over nfnetlink")
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
 net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
index c727668b0c5b..a3bc00280051 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
@@ -1593,6 +1593,7 @@ nfqnl_rcv_nl_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 	if (event == NETLINK_URELEASE && n->protocol == NETLINK_NETFILTER) {
 		int i;
 
+		nfnl_lock(NFNL_SUBSYS_QUEUE);
 		/* destroy all instances for this portid */
 		spin_lock(&q->instances_lock);
 		for (i = 0; i < INSTANCE_BUCKETS; i++) {
@@ -1606,6 +1607,7 @@ nfqnl_rcv_nl_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 			}
 		}
 		spin_unlock(&q->instances_lock);
+		nfnl_unlock(NFNL_SUBSYS_QUEUE);
 	}
 	return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }
@@ -1925,9 +1927,9 @@ static int nfqnl_recv_config(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nfnl_info *info,
 
 	/* Lookup queue under RCU. After peer_portid check (or for new queue
 	 * in BIND case), the queue is owned by the socket sending this message.
-	 * A socket cannot simultaneously send a message and close, so while
-	 * processing this CONFIG message, nfqnl_rcv_nl_event() (triggered by
-	 * socket close) cannot destroy this queue. Safe to use without RCU.
+	 * nfqnl_rcv_nl_event() will block on the nfnl subsys mutex that is
+	 * held by the caller, so the queue cannot be destroyed in parallel,
+	 * even after we drop the RCU read lock.
 	 */
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	queue = instance_lookup(q, queue_num);
-- 
2.47.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-03  0:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-03  0:41 [PATCH net 00/12] Netfilter/IPVS fixes for net Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-03  0:41 ` [PATCH net 01/12] ipvs: reject invalid states in connection template sync records Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-03  0:41 ` [PATCH net 02/12] ipvs: fix reversed sequence option serialization Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-03  0:41 ` [PATCH net 03/12] netfilter: nf_conntrack_sip: fix OOB read in sip_skip_whitespace() Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-03  0:41 ` [PATCH net 04/12] netfilter: cttimeout: prevent UAF during module unload Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-03  0:41 ` [PATCH net 05/12] netfilter: nf_log: unregister loggers before per-net teardown Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-03  0:41 ` [PATCH net 06/12] ipvs: bound LBLCR and LBLC cache growth Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-04  2:01   ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-04  4:20     ` Julian Anastasov
2026-09-03  0:41 ` [PATCH net 07/12] netfilter: nft_payload: restrict checksum offsets to known values Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-04  2:01   ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-03  0:41 ` [PATCH net 08/12] netfilter: nfnetlink_log: cope with concurrent instance destruction Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-03  0:41 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2026-09-04  2:01   ` [PATCH net 09/12] netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: hold nfnl mutex in event notifier Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-03  0:41 ` [PATCH net 10/12] netfilter: arp_tables: remove the 32bit compat interface Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-03  0:41 ` [PATCH net 11/12] netfilter: ip6_tables: set F_PROTO when proto value is nonzero Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-03  0:41 ` [PATCH net 12/12] netfilter: report NLM_F_DUMP_FILTERED when all is filtered out Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-04  2:04 ` [PATCH net 00/12] Netfilter/IPVS fixes for net Jakub Kicinski

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