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From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>,
	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.15.y 1/5] netfilter: cttimeout: decouple unlink and free on netns destruction
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:33:09 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260917013313.3594807-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026091646-antonym-acid-ca2a@gregkh>

From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>

[ Upstream commit 78222bacfca97cb18505df1ba5f3591864498a7e ]

Make it so netns pre_exit unlinks the objects from the pernet list, so
they cannot be found anymore.

netns core issues a synchronize_rcu() before calling the exit hooks so
any the time the exit hooks run unconfirmed nf_conn entries have been
free'd or they have been committed to the hashtable.

The exit hook still tags unconfirmed entries as dying, this can
now be removed in a followup change.

Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Stable-dep-of: fec9b1de0d02 ("netfilter: cttimeout: prevent UAF during module unload")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_timeout.h |  8 ------
 net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c          | 30 ++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_timeout.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_timeout.h
index 16e024ca15875..1fe6b634a6ff4 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_timeout.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_timeout.h
@@ -18,14 +18,6 @@ struct nf_ct_timeout {
 	char			data[];
 };
 
-struct ctnl_timeout {
-	struct list_head	head;
-	struct rcu_head		rcu_head;
-	refcount_t		refcnt;
-	char			name[CTNL_TIMEOUT_NAME_MAX];
-	struct nf_ct_timeout	timeout;
-};
-
 struct nf_conn_timeout {
 	struct nf_ct_timeout __rcu *timeout;
 };
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c
index c57673d499be7..2a241ed20edd2 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c
@@ -33,8 +33,19 @@
 
 static unsigned int nfct_timeout_id __read_mostly;
 
+struct ctnl_timeout {
+	struct list_head	head;
+	struct rcu_head		rcu_head;
+	refcount_t		refcnt;
+	char			name[CTNL_TIMEOUT_NAME_MAX];
+	struct nf_ct_timeout	timeout;
+
+	struct list_head	free_head;
+};
+
 struct nfct_timeout_pernet {
 	struct list_head	nfct_timeout_list;
+	struct list_head	nfct_timeout_freelist;
 };
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
@@ -578,10 +589,24 @@ static int __net_init cttimeout_net_init(struct net *net)
 	struct nfct_timeout_pernet *pernet = nfct_timeout_pernet(net);
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pernet->nfct_timeout_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pernet->nfct_timeout_freelist);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void __net_exit cttimeout_net_pre_exit(struct net *net)
+{
+	struct nfct_timeout_pernet *pernet = nfct_timeout_pernet(net);
+	struct ctnl_timeout *cur, *tmp;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(cur, tmp, &pernet->nfct_timeout_list, head) {
+		list_del_rcu(&cur->head);
+		list_add(&cur->free_head, &pernet->nfct_timeout_freelist);
+	}
+
+	/* core calls synchronize_rcu() after this */
+}
+
 static void __net_exit cttimeout_net_exit(struct net *net)
 {
 	struct nfct_timeout_pernet *pernet = nfct_timeout_pernet(net);
@@ -590,8 +615,8 @@ static void __net_exit cttimeout_net_exit(struct net *net)
 	nf_ct_unconfirmed_destroy(net);
 	nf_ct_untimeout(net, NULL);
 
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(cur, tmp, &pernet->nfct_timeout_list, head) {
-		list_del_rcu(&cur->head);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(cur, tmp, &pernet->nfct_timeout_freelist, head) {
+		list_del(&cur->free_head);
 
 		if (refcount_dec_and_test(&cur->refcnt))
 			kfree_rcu(cur, rcu_head);
@@ -600,6 +625,7 @@ static void __net_exit cttimeout_net_exit(struct net *net)
 
 static struct pernet_operations cttimeout_ops = {
 	.init	= cttimeout_net_init,
+	.pre_exit = cttimeout_net_pre_exit,
 	.exit	= cttimeout_net_exit,
 	.id     = &nfct_timeout_id,
 	.size   = sizeof(struct nfct_timeout_pernet),
-- 
2.53.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-09-17  1:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-16 15:32 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] netfilter: cttimeout: prevent UAF during module unload" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree gregkh
2026-09-17  1:33 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2026-09-17  1:33   ` [PATCH 5.15.y 2/5] netfilter: remove nf_ct_unconfirmed_destroy helper Sasha Levin
2026-09-17  1:33   ` [PATCH 5.15.y 3/5] netfilter: cttimeout: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in cttimeout_net_exit Sasha Levin
2026-09-17  1:33   ` [PATCH 5.15.y 4/5] netfilter: cttimeout: detach dataplane timeout policy and repurpose refcount Sasha Levin
2026-09-17  1:33   ` [PATCH 5.15.y 5/5] netfilter: cttimeout: prevent UAF during module unload Sasha Levin

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