Jan Engelhardt noticed when userspace requests a set type unknown to the kernel, it can lead to a loop due to the unsafe type module loading. The issue is fixed in this patch. Signed-off-by: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c index c012985..5370fd8 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c +++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c @@ -78,35 +78,42 @@ find_set_type(const char *name, u8 family, u8 revision) } /* Unlock, try to load a set type module and lock again */ -static int -try_to_load_type(const char *name) +static bool +load_settype(const char *name) { nfnl_unlock(); pr_debug("try to load ip_set_%s\n", name); if (request_module("ip_set_%s", name) < 0) { pr_warning("Can't find ip_set type %s\n", name); nfnl_lock(); - return -IPSET_ERR_FIND_TYPE; + return false; } nfnl_lock(); - return -EAGAIN; + return true; } /* Find a set type and reference it */ +#define find_set_type_get(name, family, revision, found) \ + __find_set_type_get(name, family, revision, found, false) + static int -find_set_type_get(const char *name, u8 family, u8 revision, - struct ip_set_type **found) +__find_set_type_get(const char *name, u8 family, u8 revision, + struct ip_set_type **found, bool retry) { struct ip_set_type *type; int err; + if (retry && !load_settype(name)) + return -IPSET_ERR_FIND_TYPE; + rcu_read_lock(); *found = find_set_type(name, family, revision); if (*found) { err = !try_module_get((*found)->me) ? -EFAULT : 0; goto unlock; } - /* Make sure the type is loaded but we don't support the revision */ + /* Make sure the type is already loaded + * but we don't support the revision */ list_for_each_entry_rcu(type, &ip_set_type_list, list) if (STREQ(type->name, name)) { err = -IPSET_ERR_FIND_TYPE; @@ -114,7 +121,8 @@ find_set_type_get(const char *name, u8 family, u8 revision, } rcu_read_unlock(); - return try_to_load_type(name); + return retry ? -IPSET_ERR_FIND_TYPE : + __find_set_type_get(name, family, revision, found, true); unlock: rcu_read_unlock(); @@ -125,12 +133,19 @@ unlock: * If we succeeded, the supported minimal and maximum revisions are * filled out. */ +#define find_set_type_minmax(name, family, min, max) \ + __find_set_type_minmax(name, family, min, max, false) + static int -find_set_type_minmax(const char *name, u8 family, u8 *min, u8 *max) +__find_set_type_minmax(const char *name, u8 family, u8 *min, u8 *max, + bool retry) { struct ip_set_type *type; bool found = false; + if (retry && !load_settype(name)) + return -IPSET_ERR_FIND_TYPE; + *min = 255; *max = 0; rcu_read_lock(); list_for_each_entry_rcu(type, &ip_set_type_list, list) @@ -146,7 +161,8 @@ find_set_type_minmax(const char *name, u8 family, u8 *min, u8 *max) if (found) return 0; - return try_to_load_type(name); + return retry ? -IPSET_ERR_FIND_TYPE : + __find_set_type_minmax(name, family, min, max, true); } #define family_name(f) ((f) == AF_INET ? "inet" : \ -- 1.7.0.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html