6.6-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 0d459e2ffb541841714839e8228b845458ed3b27 upstream. The commit mutex should not be released during the critical section between nft_gc_seq_begin() and nft_gc_seq_end(), otherwise, async GC worker could collect expired objects and get the released commit lock within the same GC sequence. nf_tables_module_autoload() temporarily releases the mutex to load module dependencies, then it goes back to replay the transaction again. Move it at the end of the abort phase after nft_gc_seq_end() is called. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: 720344340fb9 ("netfilter: nf_tables: GC transaction race with abort path") Reported-by: Kuan-Ting Chen <hexrabbit@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) --- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c @@ -10518,11 +10518,6 @@ static int __nf_tables_abort(struct net nf_tables_abort_release(trans); } - if (action == NFNL_ABORT_AUTOLOAD) - nf_tables_module_autoload(net); - else - nf_tables_module_autoload_cleanup(net); - return err; } @@ -10539,6 +10534,14 @@ static int nf_tables_abort(struct net *n WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&nft_net->commit_list)); + /* module autoload needs to happen after GC sequence update because it + * temporarily releases and grabs mutex again. + */ + if (action == NFNL_ABORT_AUTOLOAD) + nf_tables_module_autoload(net); + else + nf_tables_module_autoload_cleanup(net); + mutex_unlock(&nft_net->commit_mutex); return ret;