From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@xxxxxxxxx>
To avoid races, we need to replay to request after dropping the nfnl_mutex
to auto-load the chain type module.
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 12 ++++++++----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index d913fb0..7d6a226 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -147,16 +147,20 @@ nf_tables_chain_type_lookup(const struct nft_af_info *afi,
struct nf_chain_type *type;
type = __nf_tables_chain_type_lookup(afi->family, nla);
+ if (type != NULL)
+ return type;
#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
- if (type == NULL && autoload) {
+ if (autoload) {
nfnl_unlock(NFNL_SUBSYS_NFTABLES);
request_module("nft-chain-%u-%*.s", afi->family,
nla_len(nla)-1, (const char *)nla_data(nla));
nfnl_lock(NFNL_SUBSYS_NFTABLES);
type = __nf_tables_chain_type_lookup(afi->family, nla);
+ if (type != NULL)
+ return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
}
#endif
- return type;
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
}
static const struct nla_policy nft_table_policy[NFTA_TABLE_MAX + 1] = {
@@ -906,8 +910,8 @@ static int nf_tables_newchain(struct sock *nlsk, struct sk_buff *skb,
type = nf_tables_chain_type_lookup(afi,
nla[NFTA_CHAIN_TYPE],
create);
- if (type == NULL)
- return -ENOENT;
+ if (IS_ERR(type))
+ return PTR_ERR(type);
}
err = nla_parse_nested(ha, NFTA_HOOK_MAX, nla[NFTA_CHAIN_HOOK],
--
1.7.10.4
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