This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled netfilter: nf_tables: unbind non-anonymous set if rule construction fails to the 5.10-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-unbind-non-anonymous-set-if-rule-construction-fails.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.10 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From stable-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Thu Jul 13 10:49:58 2023 From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 10:48:58 +0200 Subject: netfilter: nf_tables: unbind non-anonymous set if rule construction fails To: netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, sashal@xxxxxxxxxx Message-ID: <20230713084859.71541-11-pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 3e70489721b6c870252c9082c496703677240f53 ] Otherwise a dangling reference to a rule object that is gone remains in the set binding list. Fixes: 26b5a5712eb8 ("netfilter: nf_tables: add NFT_TRANS_PREPARE_ERROR to deal with bound set/chain") Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) --- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c @@ -4689,6 +4689,8 @@ void nf_tables_deactivate_set(const stru nft_set_trans_unbind(ctx, set); if (nft_set_is_anonymous(set)) nft_deactivate_next(ctx->net, set); + else + list_del_rcu(&binding->list); set->use--; break; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from stable-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-5.10/netfilter-nf_tables-fix-chain-binding-transaction-logic.patch queue-5.10/netfilter-nf_tables-drop-map-element-references-from-preparation-phase.patch queue-5.10/netfilter-nf_tables-fix-scheduling-while-atomic-splat.patch queue-5.10/netfilter-nf_tables-reject-unbound-anonymous-set-before-commit-phase.patch queue-5.10/netfilter-nf_tables-use-net_generic-infra-for-transaction-data.patch queue-5.10/netfilter-nftables-rename-set-element-data-activation-deactivation-functions.patch queue-5.10/netfilter-nf_tables-incorrect-error-path-handling-with-nft_msg_newrule.patch queue-5.10/netfilter-nf_tables-reject-unbound-chain-set-before-commit-phase.patch queue-5.10/netfilter-nf_tables-add-rescheduling-points-during-loop-detection-walks.patch queue-5.10/netfilter-nf_tables-add-nft_trans_prepare_error-to-deal-with-bound-set-chain.patch queue-5.10/netfilter-nf_tables-unbind-non-anonymous-set-if-rule-construction-fails.patch