This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
netfilter: nf_tables: skip dead set elements in netlink dump
to the 5.4-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-skip-dead-set-elements-in-netlin.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 6297361a9d680e72bdbffc67edb383d39aad47ee
Author: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon Jan 15 00:14:38 2024 +0100
netfilter: nf_tables: skip dead set elements in netlink dump
[ Upstream commit 6b1ca88e4bb63673dc9f9c7f23c899f22c3cb17a ]
Delete from packet path relies on the garbage collector to purge
elements with NFT_SET_ELEM_DEAD_BIT on.
Skip these dead elements from nf_tables_dump_setelem() path, I very
rarely see tests/shell/testcases/maps/typeof_maps_add_delete reports
[DUMP FAILED] showing a mismatch in the expected output with an element
that should not be there.
If the netlink dump happens before GC worker run, it might show dead
elements in the ruleset listing.
nft_rhash_get() already skips dead elements in nft_rhash_cmp(),
therefore, it already does not show the element when getting a single
element via netlink control plane.
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 9bd8ed0b62f1..534126f3687b 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -4326,7 +4326,7 @@ static int nf_tables_dump_setelem(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
const struct nft_set_ext *ext = nft_set_elem_ext(set, elem->priv);
struct nft_set_dump_args *args;
- if (nft_set_elem_expired(ext))
+ if (nft_set_elem_expired(ext) || nft_set_elem_is_dead(ext))
return 0;
args = container_of(iter, struct nft_set_dump_args, iter);
