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-next 09/11] netfilter: nfnetlink: Fix for interrupted hook dumps
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:34:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260927223436.269024-10-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260927223436.269024-1-pablo@netfilter.org>
From: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
Handling of concurrent hook changes with a dump in progress was
problematic in nfnl_hook_dump and entirely broken in nfnl_hook_dump_nat.
Address all issues in a single patch to please the review LLM.
Introduce sequence numbers in struct netns_nf to replace pointer
value-based modification detection which may fail due to memory buffer
reuse. This also eliminates the need for most manual cb->seq updates and
excessive array index value checks.
Since nat hook updates are protected by a different mutex than others,
they have to bump their own sequence number. nfnl_hook_dump_nat
therefore open-codes what nl_dump_check_consistent does but bumps
cb->seq instead of setting NLM_F_DUMP_INTR flag.
Dumps of many nat hooks was entirely broken since the array index was
not (re)stored. Use cb->args[1] for that and make sure it is reset upon
completion as the same dump may loop over multiple arrays of nat hooks.
In nfnl_hook_dump, don't signal NLM_F_DUMP_INTR if
nfnl_hook_entries_head returns error: This is a permanent condition
which does not change during a dump. It is already caught by
nfnl_hook_dump_start though, so should not happen anyway.
In general, access ops array pointer values using READ_ONCE since they
are assigned to using WRITE_ONCE.
Avoid setting NLM_F_DUMP_INTR flag in garbage memory by calling
nl_dump_check_consistent only for non-empty skbs. If not a single
netlink message was created, nfnetlink code will take care of setting
the flag.
Fixes: e2cf17d3774c ("netfilter: add new hook nfnl subsystem")
Fixes: b010e2a4a9ac ("netfilter: nfnetlink_hook: Dump nat type chains")
Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
include/net/netns/netfilter.h | 2 +
net/netfilter/core.c | 18 ++++++++-
net/netfilter/nf_nat_core.c | 11 +++++
net/netfilter/nfnetlink_hook.c | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------
4 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/net/netns/netfilter.h b/include/net/netns/netfilter.h
index a6a0bf4a247e..7fd78394d1e7 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/netfilter.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/netfilter.h
@@ -33,5 +33,7 @@ struct netns_nf {
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NF_DEFRAG_IPV6)
unsigned int defrag_ipv6_users;
#endif
+ unsigned int hook_base_seq;
+ unsigned int nat_hook_base_seq;
};
#endif
diff --git a/net/netfilter/core.c b/net/netfilter/core.c
index 675a1034b340..940dea2663e9 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/core.c
@@ -386,6 +386,15 @@ static void nf_static_key_dec(const struct nf_hook_ops *reg, int pf)
#endif
}
+static void bump_hook_base_seq(struct net *net)
+{
+ unsigned int base_seq = READ_ONCE(net->nf.hook_base_seq);
+
+ while (++base_seq == 0)
+ ;
+ smp_store_release(&net->nf.hook_base_seq, base_seq);
+}
+
static int __nf_register_net_hook(struct net *net, int pf,
const struct nf_hook_ops *reg)
{
@@ -430,6 +439,7 @@ static int __nf_register_net_hook(struct net *net, int pf,
if (!IS_ERR(new_hooks)) {
hooks_validate(new_hooks);
rcu_assign_pointer(*pp, new_hooks);
+ bump_hook_base_seq(net);
}
mutex_unlock(&nf_hook_mutex);
@@ -483,6 +493,7 @@ static void __nf_unregister_net_hook(struct net *net, int pf,
{
struct nf_hook_entries __rcu **pp;
struct nf_hook_entries *p;
+ bool found;
pp = nf_hook_entry_head(net, pf, reg->hooknum, reg->dev);
if (!pp)
@@ -496,7 +507,8 @@ static void __nf_unregister_net_hook(struct net *net, int pf,
return;
}
- if (nf_remove_net_hook(p, reg)) {
+ found = nf_remove_net_hook(p, reg);
+ if (found) {
#ifdef CONFIG_NETFILTER_INGRESS
if (nf_ingress_hook(reg, pf))
net_dec_ingress_queue();
@@ -511,6 +523,8 @@ static void __nf_unregister_net_hook(struct net *net, int pf,
}
p = __nf_hook_entries_try_shrink(p, pp);
+ if (found)
+ bump_hook_base_seq(net);
mutex_unlock(&nf_hook_mutex);
if (!p)
return;
@@ -784,6 +798,8 @@ static int __net_init netfilter_net_init(struct net *net)
return -ENOMEM;
}
#endif
+ net->nf.hook_base_seq = 1;
+ net->nf.nat_hook_base_seq = 1;
return 0;
}
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_nat_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_nat_core.c
index 84f82957e66b..5ddd5fc95b24 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_nat_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_nat_core.c
@@ -1160,6 +1160,15 @@ nfnetlink_parse_nat_setup(struct nf_conn *ct,
}
#endif
+static void bump_nat_hook_base_seq(struct net *net)
+{
+ unsigned int base_seq = READ_ONCE(net->nf.nat_hook_base_seq);
+
+ while (++base_seq == 0)
+ ;
+ smp_store_release(&net->nf.nat_hook_base_seq, base_seq);
+}
+
static struct nf_ct_helper_expectfn follow_master_nat = {
.name = "nat-follow-master",
.expectfn = nf_nat_follow_master,
@@ -1245,6 +1254,7 @@ int nf_nat_register_fn(struct net *net, u8 pf, const struct nf_hook_ops *ops,
nat_proto_net->nat_hook_ops = nat_ops;
nat_proto_net->users++;
+ bump_nat_hook_base_seq(net);
mutex_unlock(&nf_nat_proto_mutex);
@@ -1299,6 +1309,7 @@ void nf_nat_unregister_fn(struct net *net, u8 pf, const struct nf_hook_ops *ops,
goto unlock;
priv = nat_ops[hooknum].priv;
nf_hook_entries_delete_raw(&priv->entries, ops);
+ bump_nat_hook_base_seq(net);
if (nat_proto_net->users == 0) {
nf_unregister_net_hooks(net, nat_ops, ops_count);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_hook.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_hook.c
index 95005e9a6066..b05fd79397c5 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_hook.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_hook.c
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ static int nf_netlink_dump_start_rcu(struct sock *nlsk, struct sk_buff *skb,
struct nfnl_dump_hook_data {
char devname[IFNAMSIZ];
- unsigned long headv;
u8 hook;
};
@@ -338,27 +337,47 @@ nfnl_hook_entries_head(u8 pf, unsigned int hook, struct net *net, const char *de
}
static int nfnl_hook_dump_nat(struct sk_buff *nlskb,
- const struct nfnl_dump_hook_data *ctx,
- const struct nf_hook_ops *ops,
- int family, unsigned int seq)
+ struct netlink_callback *cb,
+ const struct nf_hook_ops *ops, int family)
{
struct nf_nat_lookup_hook_priv *priv = ops->priv;
- struct nf_hook_entries *e = rcu_dereference(priv->entries);
+ struct nfnl_dump_hook_data *ctx = cb->data;
+ struct net *net = sock_net(nlskb->sk);
struct nf_hook_ops **nat_ops;
- int i, err;
+ unsigned int i = cb->args[1];
+ struct nf_hook_entries *e;
+ unsigned int base_seq;
+ int err = 0;
+ base_seq = smp_load_acquire(&net->nf.nat_hook_base_seq);
+
+ e = rcu_dereference(priv->entries);
if (!e)
- return 0;
+ goto out;
nat_ops = nf_hook_entries_get_hook_ops(e);
- for (i = 0; i < e->num_hook_entries; i++) {
- err = nfnl_hook_dump_one(nlskb, ctx, nat_ops[i],
- ops->priority, family, seq);
+ for (; i < e->num_hook_entries; i++) {
+ err = nfnl_hook_dump_one(nlskb, ctx,
+ READ_ONCE(nat_ops[i]),
+ ops->priority, family,
+ cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq);
if (err)
- return err;
+ break;
+
}
- return 0;
+out:
+ if (!err)
+ i = 0;
+ cb->args[1] = i;
+
+ if (cb->args[2] && base_seq != cb->args[2]) {
+ cb->seq++;
+ err = -EINTR;
+ }
+ cb->args[2] = base_seq;
+
+ return err;
}
static int nfnl_hook_dump(struct sk_buff *nlskb,
@@ -373,35 +392,31 @@ static int nfnl_hook_dump(struct sk_buff *nlskb,
unsigned int i = cb->args[0];
rcu_read_lock();
+ cb->seq = smp_load_acquire(&net->nf.hook_base_seq);
e = nfnl_hook_entries_head(family, ctx->hook, net, ctx->devname);
- if (!e)
+ if (!e || IS_ERR(e))
goto done;
- if (IS_ERR(e)) {
- cb->seq++;
- goto done;
- }
-
- if ((unsigned long)e != ctx->headv || i >= e->num_hook_entries)
- cb->seq++;
-
ops = nf_hook_entries_get_hook_ops(e);
for (; i < e->num_hook_entries; i++) {
- if (ops[i]->hook_ops_type == NF_HOOK_OP_NAT)
- err = nfnl_hook_dump_nat(nlskb, ctx, ops[i], family,
- cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq);
- else
- err = nfnl_hook_dump_one(nlskb, ctx, ops[i],
- ops[i]->priority, family,
+ const struct nf_hook_ops *cur = READ_ONCE(ops[i]);
+
+ if (cur->hook_ops_type == NF_HOOK_OP_NAT) {
+ err = nfnl_hook_dump_nat(nlskb, cb, cur, family);
+ } else {
+ err = nfnl_hook_dump_one(nlskb, ctx, cur,
+ cur->priority, family,
cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq);
+ }
if (err)
break;
}
done:
- nl_dump_check_consistent(cb, nlmsg_hdr(nlskb));
+ if (nlskb->len > 0)
+ nl_dump_check_consistent(cb, nlmsg_hdr(nlskb));
rcu_read_unlock();
cb->args[0] = i;
return nlskb->len;
@@ -442,10 +457,7 @@ static int nfnl_hook_dump_start(struct netlink_callback *cb)
return -ENOMEM;
strscpy(ctx->devname, name, sizeof(ctx->devname));
- ctx->headv = (unsigned long)head;
ctx->hook = hooknum;
-
- cb->seq = 1;
cb->data = ctx;
return 0;
--
2.47.3
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Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2026-10-05 13:04 ` Ilya Maximets
2026-10-05 20:53 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
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2026-09-27 22:34 ` [PATCH net-next 04/11] netfilter: fix several typos in comments Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-27 22:34 ` [PATCH net-next 05/11] netfilter: conntrack: Untangle insert_failed counter from others Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-27 22:34 ` [PATCH net-next 06/11] netfilter: conntrack: Untangle drop and invalid counters Pablo Neira Ayuso
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2026-09-27 22:34 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2026-09-27 22:34 ` [PATCH net-next 10/11] netfilter: ctnetlink: fix inverted IPv6 address match in dump filter Pablo Neira Ayuso
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