This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled netfilter: nf_tables: discard table flag update with pending basechain deletion to the 6.6-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-discard-table-flag-update-with-pending-basechain-deletion.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.6 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 1bc83a019bbe268be3526406245ec28c2458a518 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 19:35:30 +0200 Subject: netfilter: nf_tables: discard table flag update with pending basechain deletion From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 1bc83a019bbe268be3526406245ec28c2458a518 upstream. Hook unregistration is deferred to the commit phase, same occurs with hook updates triggered by the table dormant flag. When both commands are combined, this results in deleting a basechain while leaving its hook still registered in the core. Fixes: 179d9ba5559a ("netfilter: nf_tables: fix table flag updates") Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c @@ -1209,10 +1209,11 @@ static bool nft_table_pending_update(con return true; list_for_each_entry(trans, &nft_net->commit_list, list) { - if ((trans->msg_type == NFT_MSG_NEWCHAIN || - trans->msg_type == NFT_MSG_DELCHAIN) && - trans->ctx.table == ctx->table && - nft_trans_chain_update(trans)) + if (trans->ctx.table == ctx->table && + ((trans->msg_type == NFT_MSG_NEWCHAIN && + nft_trans_chain_update(trans)) || + (trans->msg_type == NFT_MSG_DELCHAIN && + nft_is_base_chain(trans->ctx.chain)))) return true; } Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-6.6/netfilter-nf_tables-release-batch-on-table-validation-from-abort-path.patch queue-6.6/netfilter-nf_tables-discard-table-flag-update-with-pending-basechain-deletion.patch queue-6.6/netfilter-nf_tables-reject-new-basechain-after-table-flag-update.patch queue-6.6/netfilter-nf_tables-release-mutex-after-nft_gc_seq_end-from-abort-path.patch queue-6.6/netfilter-nf_tables-reject-destroy-command-to-remove.patch queue-6.6/netfilter-nf_tables-flush-pending-destroy-work-before-exit_net-release.patch queue-6.6/netfilter-validate-user-input-for-expected-length.patch queue-6.6/netfilter-nf_tables-fix-potential-data-race-in-__nft_flowtable_type_get.patch queue-6.6/netfilter-nf_tables-skip-netdev-hook-unregistration-.patch queue-6.6/netfilter-nf_tables-reject-table-flag-and-netdev-bas.patch