On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 08:24:37AM -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@xxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > There is a race condition between nf_{,un}register_hook() and
> > cleanup_net() which can either trigger WARN check or cause a memory
> > leak. The scenario is like this (2a and 2b are alternatives):
> >
> > 1. cleanup_net() removes one or more struct net from net_namespace_list
> > 2a. nf_register_hook() adds per-netns hooks to all netns (but not those
> > removed in step 1) and adds the hook to global nf_hook_list
> > 2b. nf_unregister_hook() deletes per-netns hooks from all netns (but not
> > those removed in step 1) and removes the hook from nf_hook_list
> > 3. cleanup_net() calls pernet subsystem exit functions for netns being
> > removed; one of them is netfilter_net_exit() which (among others)
> > calls nf_unregister_net_hook() to unregister per-netns hooks for all
> > hooks in nf_hook_list.
> >
> > In case (a), per-netns hooks are never added as the namespace was
> > already invisible to for_each_net() in step 2a but an attempt to remove
> > them in step 3 (the hook is already in nf_hook_list) triggers a WARN
> > check in nf_unregister_net_hook() (no real harm done, however). In case
> > (b), the per-netns hook is removed neither in step 2b (netns is already
> > invisible to for_each_net()) nor in step 3 (the hook is already removed
> > from nf_hook_list), causing a memory leak.
> >
> > Prevent the race by protecting the for_each_net() loop in
> > nf_{,un}register_hook() (also) by net_mutex. There is already a
> > precendens for this in rtnl_link_unregister() which addresses similar
> > race.
>
> So this analysis of a problem appears to be spot on.
>
> Reviewed-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> I really really want there to be a better way to do this, but it is
> really not ok for a hook to continue it's life past
> nf_unregister_net_hook as after that point the code may be removed
> from the kernel (sigh).
>
> Although keeping with the precedent and minimizing net_mutex
> we could remove the WARN and keep nf_register_hook as it is.
> But that sounds entirely too clever for a fix that will
> probably be backported.
>
> But that sounds entirely too clever for a fix that likely needs to be
> backported.
Please, propagate up to the caller to register and unregister the
hooks from init_net and exit_net instead as I suggested time ago.
I understand that this is not as small as this patch, and that this
will require a bit more boiler plate code in iptable_*.c and nftables
itself, but we'll avoid the dependencies with both rtnl_lock and
net_lock.
Thanks.
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