This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled netfilter: ipset: Add list flush to cancel_gc 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-ipset-add-list-flush-to-cancel_gc.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 2daa1f90f88fc206dc6cc76c5a33c16ac23d5e22 Author: Alexander Maltsev <keltar.gw@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed Apr 17 18:51:41 2024 +0500 netfilter: ipset: Add list flush to cancel_gc [ Upstream commit c1193d9bbbd379defe9be3c6de566de684de8a6f ] Flushing list in cancel_gc drops references to other lists right away, without waiting for RCU to destroy list. Fixes race when referenced ipsets can't be destroyed while referring list is scheduled for destroy. Fixes: 97f7cf1cd80e ("netfilter: ipset: fix performance regression in swap operation") Signed-off-by: Alexander Maltsev <keltar.gw@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_list_set.c b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_list_set.c index 9f4f0126d6ed5..c4aae8c586acf 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_list_set.c +++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_list_set.c @@ -547,6 +547,9 @@ list_set_cancel_gc(struct ip_set *set) if (SET_WITH_TIMEOUT(set)) del_timer_sync(&map->gc); + + /* Flush list to drop references to other ipsets */ + list_set_flush(set); } static const struct ip_set_type_variant set_variant = {