On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 10:36:02PM +0800, Liping Zhang wrote: > From: Liping Zhang <zlpnobody@xxxxxxxxx> > > The nf_ct_helper_hash table is protected by nf_ct_helper_mutex, while > nfct_helper operation is protected by nfnl_lock(NFNL_SUBSYS_CTHELPER). > So it's possible that one CPU is walking the nf_ct_helper_hash for > cthelper add/get/del, another cpu is doing nf_conntrack_helpers_unregister > at the same time. This is dangrous, and may cause use after free error. > > Note, delete operation will flush all cthelpers added via nfnetlink, so > using rcu to do protect is not easy. > > Now introduce a dummy list to record all the cthelpers added via > nfnetlink, then we can walk the dummy list instead of walking the > nf_ct_helper_hash. Also, keep nfnl_cthelper_dump_table unchanged, it > may be invoked without nfnl_lock(NFNL_SUBSYS_CTHELPER) held. > > Signed-off-by: Liping Zhang <zlpnobody@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cthelper.c | 176 +++++++++++++++++++------------------ > 1 file changed, 89 insertions(+), 87 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cthelper.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cthelper.c > index fc4733f..47424ec 100644 > --- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cthelper.c > +++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cthelper.c > @@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); > MODULE_AUTHOR("Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>"); > MODULE_DESCRIPTION("nfnl_cthelper: User-space connection tracking helpers"); > > +struct nfnl_cthelper { > + struct list_head list; > + struct nf_conntrack_helper *helper; > +}; > + > +static LIST_HEAD(nfnl_cthelper_list); We need a field possible_net_t so we can store what netns this helper belongs to, thus in case of flush command, we just remove the helpers that this netns owns. -- 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