This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
netfilter: conntrack: fix race in __nf_conntrack_confirm against get_next_corpse
to the 3.17-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-conntrack-fix-race-in-__nf_conntrack_confirm-against-get_next_corpse.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.17 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 5195c14c8b27cc0b18220ddbf0e5ad3328a04187 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bill bonaparte <programme110@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 14:36:48 +0100
Subject: netfilter: conntrack: fix race in __nf_conntrack_confirm against get_next_corpse
From: bill bonaparte <programme110@xxxxxxxxx>
commit 5195c14c8b27cc0b18220ddbf0e5ad3328a04187 upstream.
After removal of the central spinlock nf_conntrack_lock, in
commit 93bb0ceb75be2 ("netfilter: conntrack: remove central
spinlock nf_conntrack_lock"), it is possible to race against
get_next_corpse().
The race is against the get_next_corpse() cleanup on
the "unconfirmed" list (a per-cpu list with seperate locking),
which set the DYING bit.
Fix this race, in __nf_conntrack_confirm(), by removing the CT
from unconfirmed list before checking the DYING bit. In case
race occured, re-add the CT to the dying list.
While at this, fix coding style of the comment that has been
updated.
Fixes: 93bb0ceb75be2 ("netfilter: conntrack: remove central spinlock nf_conntrack_lock")
Reported-by: bill bonaparte <programme110@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: bill bonaparte <programme110@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c | 14 ++++++++------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -611,12 +611,16 @@ __nf_conntrack_confirm(struct sk_buff *s
*/
NF_CT_ASSERT(!nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct));
pr_debug("Confirming conntrack %p\n", ct);
- /* We have to check the DYING flag inside the lock to prevent
- a race against nf_ct_get_next_corpse() possibly called from
- user context, else we insert an already 'dead' hash, blocking
- further use of that particular connection -JM */
+
+ /* We have to check the DYING flag after unlink to prevent
+ * a race against nf_ct_get_next_corpse() possibly called from
+ * user context, else we insert an already 'dead' hash, blocking
+ * further use of that particular connection -JM.
+ */
+ nf_ct_del_from_dying_or_unconfirmed_list(ct);
if (unlikely(nf_ct_is_dying(ct))) {
+ nf_ct_add_to_dying_list(ct);
nf_conntrack_double_unlock(hash, reply_hash);
local_bh_enable();
return NF_ACCEPT;
@@ -636,8 +640,6 @@ __nf_conntrack_confirm(struct sk_buff *s
zone == nf_ct_zone(nf_ct_tuplehash_to_ctrack(h)))
goto out;
- nf_ct_del_from_dying_or_unconfirmed_list(ct);
-
/* Timer relative to confirmation time, not original
setting time, otherwise we'd get timer wrap in
weird delay cases. */
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from programme110@xxxxxxxxx are
queue-3.17/netfilter-conntrack-fix-race-in-__nf_conntrack_confirm-against-get_next_corpse.patch
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