Patch "netfilter: nf_tables: GC transaction race with netns dismantle" has been added to the 5.15-stable tree

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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    netfilter: nf_tables: GC transaction race with netns dismantle

to the 5.15-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-gc-transaction-race-with-netns-d.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.



commit 253a905cb384b9233d3d834adcc1469af2019946
Author: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Tue Aug 15 15:39:01 2023 +0200

    netfilter: nf_tables: GC transaction race with netns dismantle
    
    [ Upstream commit 02c6c24402bf1c1e986899c14ba22a10b510916b ]
    
    Use maybe_get_net() since GC workqueue might race with netns exit path.
    
    Fixes: 5f68718b34a5 ("netfilter: nf_tables: GC transaction API to avoid race with control plane")
    Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 3e17d2403d899..33023b42698bb 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -8944,9 +8944,14 @@ struct nft_trans_gc *nft_trans_gc_alloc(struct nft_set *set,
 	if (!trans)
 		return NULL;
 
+	trans->net = maybe_get_net(net);
+	if (!trans->net) {
+		kfree(trans);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	refcount_inc(&set->refs);
 	trans->set = set;
-	trans->net = get_net(net);
 	trans->seq = gc_seq;
 
 	return trans;



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