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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 08/12] netfilter: nfnetlink_log: cope with concurrent instance destruction
Date: Thu,  3 Sep 2026 02:41:45 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260903004149.1037028-9-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260903004149.1037028-1-pablo@netfilter.org>

From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>

Instances are refcounted. However, only memory release happens on the
1 -> 0 transition; the unlink from hashes can occur with any refcount.

Uncooperative userspace can force a situation where a queue is pending
for destruction from netlink event while a different socket with same
portid processes an UNBIND request.

With right timing, this will unhash the instance again:

Oops: general protection fault, [..]
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 nfulnl_recv_config+0x31a/0xd50
 nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7c2/0xeb0

Fixes: 0597f2680d66 ("[NETFILTER]: Add new "nfnetlink_log" userspace packet logging facility")
Reported-by: Eulgyu Kim <eulgyukim@snu.ac.kr>
Reported-by: Jaeyoung Chung <jjy600901@snu.ac.kr>
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
 net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
index 9d7fec570abe..d923f2cb1398 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
@@ -228,13 +228,18 @@ static void __nfulnl_flush(struct nfulnl_instance *inst);
 static void
 __instance_destroy(struct nfulnl_instance *inst)
 {
+	spin_lock(&inst->lock);
+	if (inst->copy_mode == NFULNL_COPY_DISABLED) {
+		/* attempt to UNBIND a queue already pending
+		 * destruction via netlink close event. Ignore.
+		 */
+		spin_unlock(&inst->lock);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	/* first pull it out of the global list */
 	hlist_del_rcu(&inst->hlist);
 
-	/* then flush all pending packets from skb */
-
-	spin_lock(&inst->lock);
-
 	/* lockless readers wont be able to use us */
 	inst->copy_mode = NFULNL_COPY_DISABLED;
 
-- 
2.47.3


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

Thread overview: 13+ 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
2026-09-03  0:41 ` [PATCH net 07/12] netfilter: nft_payload: restrict checksum offsets to known values Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-03  0:41 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2026-09-03  0:41 ` [PATCH net 09/12] netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: hold nfnl mutex in event notifier Pablo Neira Ayuso
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

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