This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
netfilter: nf_tables: GC transaction race with abort path
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-gc-transaction-race-with-abort-p.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 01e67a09fbbedc68b18fe3ae14d431cff2a675cb
Author: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Sep 22 18:30:21 2023 +0200
netfilter: nf_tables: GC transaction race with abort path
commit 720344340fb9be2765bbaab7b292ece0a4570eae upstream.
Abort path is missing a synchronization point with GC transactions. Add
GC sequence number hence any GC transaction losing race will be
discarded.
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: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 53ee6ac16f9e9..0455af9a66af1 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -9969,7 +9969,12 @@ static int nf_tables_abort(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
enum nfnl_abort_action action)
{
struct nftables_pernet *nft_net = nft_pernet(net);
- int ret = __nf_tables_abort(net, action);
+ unsigned int gc_seq;
+ int ret;
+
+ gc_seq = nft_gc_seq_begin(nft_net);
+ ret = __nf_tables_abort(net, action);
+ nft_gc_seq_end(nft_net, gc_seq);
mutex_unlock(&nft_net->commit_mutex);
