This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
netfilter: nf_tables: always release netdev hooks from notifier
to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
netfilter-nf_tables-always-release-netdev-hooks-from.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit ab4acd6b68440feaa3e9476c25c8d723c2ba968a
Author: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu May 4 14:20:21 2023 +0200
netfilter: nf_tables: always release netdev hooks from notifier
[ Upstream commit dc1c9fd4a8bbe1e06add9053010b652449bfe411 ]
This reverts "netfilter: nf_tables: skip netdev events generated on netns removal".
The problem is that when a veth device is released, the veth release
callback will also queue the peer netns device for removal.
Its possible that the peer netns is also slated for removal. In this
case, the device memory is already released before the pre_exit hook of
the peer netns runs:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in nf_hook_entry_head+0x1b8/0x1d0
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88812c0124f0 by task kworker/u8:1/45
Workqueue: netns cleanup_net
Call Trace:
nf_hook_entry_head+0x1b8/0x1d0
__nf_unregister_net_hook+0x76/0x510
nft_netdev_unregister_hooks+0xa0/0x220
__nft_release_hook+0x184/0x490
nf_tables_pre_exit_net+0x12f/0x1b0
..
Order is:
1. First netns is released, veth_dellink() queues peer netns device
for removal
2. peer netns is queued for removal
3. peer netns device is released, unreg event is triggered
4. unreg event is ignored because netns is going down
5. pre_exit hook calls nft_netdev_unregister_hooks but device memory
might be free'd already.
Fixes: 68a3765c659f ("netfilter: nf_tables: skip netdev events generated on netns removal")
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c b/net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c
index c3563f0be2692..680fe557686e4 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c
@@ -344,6 +344,12 @@ static void nft_netdev_event(unsigned long event, struct net_device *dev,
return;
}
+ /* UNREGISTER events are also happening on netns exit.
+ *
+ * Although nf_tables core releases all tables/chains, only this event
+ * handler provides guarantee that hook->ops.dev is still accessible,
+ * so we cannot skip exiting net namespaces.
+ */
__nft_release_basechain(ctx);
}
@@ -362,9 +368,6 @@ static int nf_tables_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *this,
event != NETDEV_CHANGENAME)
return NOTIFY_DONE;
- if (!check_net(ctx.net))
- return NOTIFY_DONE;
-
nft_net = nft_pernet(ctx.net);
mutex_lock(&nft_net->commit_mutex);
list_for_each_entry(table, &nft_net->tables, list) {
