FAILED: patch "[PATCH] netfilter: nf_tables: release batch on table validation from" failed to apply to 5.4-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.4-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.4.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x a45e6889575c2067d3c0212b6bc1022891e65b91
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2024040501-playpen-squeezing-60a4@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.4.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From a45e6889575c2067d3c0212b6bc1022891e65b91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 13:27:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] netfilter: nf_tables: release batch on table validation from
 abort path

Unlike early commit path stage which triggers a call to abort, an
explicit release of the batch is required on abort, otherwise mutex is
released and commit_list remains in place.

Add WARN_ON_ONCE to ensure commit_list is empty from the abort path
before releasing the mutex.

After this patch, commit_list is always assumed to be empty before
grabbing the mutex, therefore

  03c1f1ef1584 ("netfilter: Cleanup nft_net->module_list from nf_tables_exit_net()")

only needs to release the pending modules for registration.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: c0391b6ab810 ("netfilter: nf_tables: missing validation from the abort path")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index fd86f2720c9e..ffcd3213c335 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -10455,10 +10455,11 @@ static int __nf_tables_abort(struct net *net, enum nfnl_abort_action action)
 	struct nft_trans *trans, *next;
 	LIST_HEAD(set_update_list);
 	struct nft_trans_elem *te;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	if (action == NFNL_ABORT_VALIDATE &&
 	    nf_tables_validate(net) < 0)
-		return -EAGAIN;
+		err = -EAGAIN;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(trans, next, &nft_net->commit_list,
 					 list) {
@@ -10655,7 +10656,7 @@ static int __nf_tables_abort(struct net *net, enum nfnl_abort_action action)
 	else
 		nf_tables_module_autoload_cleanup(net);
 
-	return 0;
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int nf_tables_abort(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
@@ -10668,6 +10669,9 @@ static int nf_tables_abort(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	gc_seq = nft_gc_seq_begin(nft_net);
 	ret = __nf_tables_abort(net, action);
 	nft_gc_seq_end(nft_net, gc_seq);
+
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&nft_net->commit_list));
+
 	mutex_unlock(&nft_net->commit_mutex);
 
 	return ret;
@@ -11473,9 +11477,10 @@ static void __net_exit nf_tables_exit_net(struct net *net)
 
 	gc_seq = nft_gc_seq_begin(nft_net);
 
-	if (!list_empty(&nft_net->commit_list) ||
-	    !list_empty(&nft_net->module_list))
-		__nf_tables_abort(net, NFNL_ABORT_NONE);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&nft_net->commit_list));
+
+	if (!list_empty(&nft_net->module_list))
+		nf_tables_module_autoload_cleanup(net);
 
 	__nft_release_tables(net);