This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled netfilter: nftables: update table flags from the commit phase 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-nftables-update-table-flags-from-the-commit-phase.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 Tue Nov 21 12:13:57 2023 From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 13:13:30 +0100 Subject: netfilter: nftables: update table flags from the commit phase To: netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, sashal@xxxxxxxxxx, stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Message-ID: <20231121121333.294238-24-pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 0ce7cf4127f14078ca598ba9700d813178a59409 upstream. Do not update table flags from the preparation phase. Store the flags update into the transaction, then update the flags from the commit phase. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h | 9 ++++++--- net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++--------------- 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) --- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h +++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h @@ -1479,13 +1479,16 @@ struct nft_trans_chain { struct nft_trans_table { bool update; - bool enable; + u8 state; + u32 flags; }; #define nft_trans_table_update(trans) \ (((struct nft_trans_table *)trans->data)->update) -#define nft_trans_table_enable(trans) \ - (((struct nft_trans_table *)trans->data)->enable) +#define nft_trans_table_state(trans) \ + (((struct nft_trans_table *)trans->data)->state) +#define nft_trans_table_flags(trans) \ + (((struct nft_trans_table *)trans->data)->flags) struct nft_trans_elem { struct nft_set *set; --- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c @@ -1074,6 +1074,12 @@ static void nf_tables_table_disable(stru nft_table_disable(net, table, 0); } +enum { + NFT_TABLE_STATE_UNCHANGED = 0, + NFT_TABLE_STATE_DORMANT, + NFT_TABLE_STATE_WAKEUP +}; + static int nf_tables_updtable(struct nft_ctx *ctx) { struct nft_trans *trans; @@ -1097,19 +1103,17 @@ static int nf_tables_updtable(struct nft if ((flags & NFT_TABLE_F_DORMANT) && !(ctx->table->flags & NFT_TABLE_F_DORMANT)) { - nft_trans_table_enable(trans) = false; + nft_trans_table_state(trans) = NFT_TABLE_STATE_DORMANT; } else if (!(flags & NFT_TABLE_F_DORMANT) && ctx->table->flags & NFT_TABLE_F_DORMANT) { - ctx->table->flags &= ~NFT_TABLE_F_DORMANT; ret = nf_tables_table_enable(ctx->net, ctx->table); if (ret >= 0) - nft_trans_table_enable(trans) = true; - else - ctx->table->flags |= NFT_TABLE_F_DORMANT; + nft_trans_table_state(trans) = NFT_TABLE_STATE_WAKEUP; } if (ret < 0) goto err; + nft_trans_table_flags(trans) = flags; nft_trans_table_update(trans) = true; nft_trans_commit_list_add_tail(ctx->net, trans); return 0; @@ -8475,11 +8479,10 @@ static int nf_tables_commit(struct net * switch (trans->msg_type) { case NFT_MSG_NEWTABLE: if (nft_trans_table_update(trans)) { - if (!nft_trans_table_enable(trans)) { - nf_tables_table_disable(net, - trans->ctx.table); - trans->ctx.table->flags |= NFT_TABLE_F_DORMANT; - } + if (nft_trans_table_state(trans) == NFT_TABLE_STATE_DORMANT) + nf_tables_table_disable(net, trans->ctx.table); + + trans->ctx.table->flags = nft_trans_table_flags(trans); } else { nft_clear(net, trans->ctx.table); } @@ -8728,11 +8731,9 @@ static int __nf_tables_abort(struct net switch (trans->msg_type) { case NFT_MSG_NEWTABLE: if (nft_trans_table_update(trans)) { - if (nft_trans_table_enable(trans)) { - nf_tables_table_disable(net, - trans->ctx.table); - trans->ctx.table->flags |= NFT_TABLE_F_DORMANT; - } + if (nft_trans_table_state(trans) == NFT_TABLE_STATE_WAKEUP) + nf_tables_table_disable(net, trans->ctx.table); + nft_trans_destroy(trans); } else { list_del_rcu(&trans->ctx.table->list); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from stable-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-5.10/netfilter-nf_tables-disable-toggling-dormant-table-state-more-than-once.patch queue-5.10/netfilter-nftables-update-table-flags-from-the-commit-phase.patch queue-5.10/netfilter-nf_tables-fix-table-flag-updates.patch