The old code would indefinitely block other users of nf_log_mutex if
a userspace access in proc_dostring() blocked e.g. due to a userfaultfd
region. Fix it by moving proc_dostring() out of the locked region.
This is a followup to commit 266d07cb1c9a ("netfilter: nf_log: fix
sleeping function called from invalid context"), which changed this code
from using rcu_read_lock() to taking nf_log_mutex.
Fixes: 266d07cb1c9a ("netfilter: nf_log: fix sleeping function calle[...]")
Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/netfilter/nf_log.c | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_log.c b/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
index 426457047578..95b92954b896 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
@@ -442,14 +442,17 @@ static int nf_log_proc_dostring(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
rcu_assign_pointer(net->nf.nf_loggers[tindex], logger);
mutex_unlock(&nf_log_mutex);
} else {
+ struct ctl_table tmp = *table;
+
+ tmp.data = buf;
mutex_lock(&nf_log_mutex);
logger = nft_log_dereference(net->nf.nf_loggers[tindex]);
if (!logger)
- table->data = "NONE";
+ strlcpy(buf, "NONE", sizeof(buf));
else
- table->data = logger->name;
- r = proc_dostring(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+ strlcpy(buf, logger->name, sizeof(buf));
mutex_unlock(&nf_log_mutex);
+ r = proc_dostring(&tmp, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
}
return r;
--
2.18.0.rc2.346.g013aa6912e-goog
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