The generation ID is bumped from the commit path while holding the mutex, however, netlink dump operations rely on RCU. This patch also adds missing cb->base_eq initialization in nf_tables_dump_set(). Fixes: 38e029f14a97 ("netfilter: nf_tables: set NLM_F_DUMP_INTR if netlink dumping is stale") Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 20 +++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c index be6dea8484b7..5248e38a6e4e 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c @@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ static int nf_tables_dump_tables(struct sk_buff *skb, rcu_read_lock(); nft_net = nft_pernet(net); - cb->seq = nft_net->base_seq; + cb->seq = READ_ONCE(nft_net->base_seq); list_for_each_entry_rcu(table, &nft_net->tables, list) { if (family != NFPROTO_UNSPEC && family != table->family) @@ -1704,7 +1704,7 @@ static int nf_tables_dump_chains(struct sk_buff *skb, rcu_read_lock(); nft_net = nft_pernet(net); - cb->seq = nft_net->base_seq; + cb->seq = READ_ONCE(nft_net->base_seq); list_for_each_entry_rcu(table, &nft_net->tables, list) { if (family != NFPROTO_UNSPEC && family != table->family) @@ -3146,7 +3146,7 @@ static int nf_tables_dump_rules(struct sk_buff *skb, rcu_read_lock(); nft_net = nft_pernet(net); - cb->seq = nft_net->base_seq; + cb->seq = READ_ONCE(nft_net->base_seq); list_for_each_entry_rcu(table, &nft_net->tables, list) { if (family != NFPROTO_UNSPEC && family != table->family) @@ -4125,7 +4125,7 @@ static int nf_tables_dump_sets(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb) rcu_read_lock(); nft_net = nft_pernet(net); - cb->seq = nft_net->base_seq; + cb->seq = READ_ONCE(nft_net->base_seq); list_for_each_entry_rcu(table, &nft_net->tables, list) { if (ctx->family != NFPROTO_UNSPEC && @@ -5053,6 +5053,8 @@ static int nf_tables_dump_set(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb) rcu_read_lock(); nft_net = nft_pernet(net); + cb->seq = READ_ONCE(nft_net->base_seq); + list_for_each_entry_rcu(table, &nft_net->tables, list) { if (dump_ctx->ctx.family != NFPROTO_UNSPEC && dump_ctx->ctx.family != table->family) @@ -6933,7 +6935,7 @@ static int nf_tables_dump_obj(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb) rcu_read_lock(); nft_net = nft_pernet(net); - cb->seq = nft_net->base_seq; + cb->seq = READ_ONCE(nft_net->base_seq); list_for_each_entry_rcu(table, &nft_net->tables, list) { if (family != NFPROTO_UNSPEC && family != table->family) @@ -7865,7 +7867,7 @@ static int nf_tables_dump_flowtable(struct sk_buff *skb, rcu_read_lock(); nft_net = nft_pernet(net); - cb->seq = nft_net->base_seq; + cb->seq = READ_ONCE(nft_net->base_seq); list_for_each_entry_rcu(table, &nft_net->tables, list) { if (family != NFPROTO_UNSPEC && family != table->family) @@ -8798,6 +8800,7 @@ static int nf_tables_commit(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb) struct nft_trans_elem *te; struct nft_chain *chain; struct nft_table *table; + unsigned int base_seq; LIST_HEAD(adl); int err; @@ -8847,9 +8850,12 @@ static int nf_tables_commit(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb) * Bump generation counter, invalidate any dump in progress. * Cannot fail after this point. */ - while (++nft_net->base_seq == 0) + base_seq = READ_ONCE(nft_net->base_seq); + while (++base_seq == 0) ; + WRITE_ONCE(nft_net->base_seq, base_seq); + /* step 3. Start new generation, rules_gen_X now in use. */ net->nft.gencursor = nft_gencursor_next(net); -- 2.30.2