[PATCH net 11/11] netfilter: nf_tables: join hook list via splice_list_rcu() in commit phase

Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-16T13:15:17Z

Publish new hooks in the list into the basechain/flowtable using
splice_list_rcu() to ensure netlink dump list traversal via rcu is safe
while concurrent ruleset update is going on.

Fixes: 78d9f48f7f44 ("netfilter: nf_tables: add devices to existing flowtable")
Fixes: b9703ed44ffb ("netfilter: nf_tables: support for adding new devices to an existing netdev chain")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 090d4d688a33..8c0706d6d887 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -10904,8 +10904,8 @@ static int nf_tables_commit(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb)
nft_chain_commit_update(nft_trans_container_chain(trans));
nf_tables_chain_notify(&ctx, NFT_MSG_NEWCHAIN,
&nft_trans_chain_hooks(trans));
- list_splice(&nft_trans_chain_hooks(trans),
- &nft_trans_basechain(trans)->hook_list);
+ list_splice_rcu(&nft_trans_chain_hooks(trans),
+ &nft_trans_basechain(trans)->hook_list);
/* trans destroyed after rcu grace period */
} else {
nft_chain_commit_drop_policy(nft_trans_container_chain(trans));
@@ -11034,8 +11034,8 @@ static int nf_tables_commit(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb)
nft_trans_flowtable(trans),
&nft_trans_flowtable_hooks(trans),
NFT_MSG_NEWFLOWTABLE);
- list_splice(&nft_trans_flowtable_hooks(trans),
- &nft_trans_flowtable(trans)->hook_list);
+ list_splice_rcu(&nft_trans_flowtable_hooks(trans),
+ &nft_trans_flowtable(trans)->hook_list);
} else {
nft_clear(net, nft_trans_flowtable(trans));
nf_tables_flowtable_notify(&ctx,
--
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