This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled netfilter: nf_tables: use rcu chain hook list iterator from netlink dump path 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-use-rcu-chain-hook-list-iterator.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. commit c0aa7dd11211cfe90250eeddc3d5cd663d35171f Author: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue Sep 17 23:07:46 2024 +0200 netfilter: nf_tables: use rcu chain hook list iterator from netlink dump path [ Upstream commit 4ffcf5ca81c3b83180473eb0d3c010a1a7c6c4de ] Lockless iteration over hook list is possible from netlink dump path, use rcu variant to iterate over the hook list as is done with flowtable hooks. Fixes: b9703ed44ffb ("netfilter: nf_tables: support for adding new devices to an existing netdev chain") Reported-by: Phil Sutter <phil@xxxxxx> 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 935e953b8e1bf..da7fd3919ce48 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c @@ -1778,7 +1778,7 @@ static int nft_dump_basechain_hook(struct sk_buff *skb, int family, if (!hook_list) hook_list = &basechain->hook_list; - list_for_each_entry(hook, hook_list, list) { + list_for_each_entry_rcu(hook, hook_list, list) { if (!first) first = hook;