This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled netfilter: nf_tables: revert do not remove elements if set backend implements .abort to the 6.5-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-revert-do-not-remove-elements-if-set-backend-implements-.abort.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.5 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From f86fb94011aeb3b26337fc22204ca726aeb8bc24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 13:18:39 +0200 Subject: netfilter: nf_tables: revert do not remove elements if set backend implements .abort From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit f86fb94011aeb3b26337fc22204ca726aeb8bc24 upstream. nf_tables_abort_release() path calls nft_set_elem_destroy() for NFT_MSG_NEWSETELEM which releases the element, however, a reference to the element still remains in the working copy. Fixes: ebd032fa8818 ("netfilter: nf_tables: do not remove elements if set backend implements .abort") Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 5 +---- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c @@ -10336,10 +10336,7 @@ static int __nf_tables_abort(struct net break; } te = (struct nft_trans_elem *)trans->data; - if (!te->set->ops->abort || - nft_setelem_is_catchall(te->set, &te->elem)) - nft_setelem_remove(net, te->set, &te->elem); - + nft_setelem_remove(net, te->set, &te->elem); if (!nft_setelem_is_catchall(te->set, &te->elem)) atomic_dec(&te->set->nelems); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-6.5/netfilter-nf_tables-revert-do-not-remove-elements-if-set-backend-implements-.abort.patch queue-6.5/netfilter-nft_set_rbtree-.deactivate-fails-if-element-has-expired.patch queue-6.5/netfilter-nf_tables-do-not-refresh-timeout-when-resetting-element.patch queue-6.5/netfilter-nf_tables-do-not-remove-elements-if-set-backend-implements-.abort.patch