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authorFernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>2026-05-27 00:58:31 +0300
committerPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>2026-06-01 14:43:53 +0300
commit2fcba19caaeb2a33017459d3430f057967bb91b6 (patch)
treefd1dec24cb0abc3f3655c7bcd788e27e5a841f39
parent36d29ceec32c8206a12dc2810cf65fd394e45baa (diff)
downloadlinux-2fcba19caaeb2a33017459d3430f057967bb91b6.tar.xz
netfilter: synproxy: add mutex to guard hook reference counting
As the synproxy infrastructure register netfilter hooks on-demand when a user adds the first iptables target or nftables expression, if done concurrently they can race each other. Introduce a mutex to serialize the refcount control blocks access from both frontends. While a per namespace mutex might be more efficient, it is not needed for target/expression like SYNPROXY. Fixes: ad49d86e07a4 ("netfilter: nf_tables: Add synproxy support") Signed-off-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
-rw-r--r--net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c24
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c
index 036c8586f49b..ed00114f65f3 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
#include <net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_zones.h>
#include <net/netfilter/nf_synproxy.h>
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(synproxy_mutex);
+
unsigned int synproxy_net_id;
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synproxy_net_id);
@@ -769,26 +771,31 @@ static const struct nf_hook_ops ipv4_synproxy_ops[] = {
int nf_synproxy_ipv4_init(struct synproxy_net *snet, struct net *net)
{
- int err;
+ int err = 0;
+ mutex_lock(&synproxy_mutex);
if (snet->hook_ref4 == 0) {
err = nf_register_net_hooks(net, ipv4_synproxy_ops,
ARRAY_SIZE(ipv4_synproxy_ops));
if (err)
- return err;
+ goto out;
}
snet->hook_ref4++;
- return 0;
+out:
+ mutex_unlock(&synproxy_mutex);
+ return err;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_synproxy_ipv4_init);
void nf_synproxy_ipv4_fini(struct synproxy_net *snet, struct net *net)
{
+ mutex_lock(&synproxy_mutex);
snet->hook_ref4--;
if (snet->hook_ref4 == 0)
nf_unregister_net_hooks(net, ipv4_synproxy_ops,
ARRAY_SIZE(ipv4_synproxy_ops));
+ mutex_unlock(&synproxy_mutex);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_synproxy_ipv4_fini);
@@ -1193,27 +1200,32 @@ static const struct nf_hook_ops ipv6_synproxy_ops[] = {
int
nf_synproxy_ipv6_init(struct synproxy_net *snet, struct net *net)
{
- int err;
+ int err = 0;
+ mutex_lock(&synproxy_mutex);
if (snet->hook_ref6 == 0) {
err = nf_register_net_hooks(net, ipv6_synproxy_ops,
ARRAY_SIZE(ipv6_synproxy_ops));
if (err)
- return err;
+ goto out;
}
snet->hook_ref6++;
- return 0;
+out:
+ mutex_unlock(&synproxy_mutex);
+ return err;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_synproxy_ipv6_init);
void
nf_synproxy_ipv6_fini(struct synproxy_net *snet, struct net *net)
{
+ mutex_lock(&synproxy_mutex);
snet->hook_ref6--;
if (snet->hook_ref6 == 0)
nf_unregister_net_hooks(net, ipv6_synproxy_ops,
ARRAY_SIZE(ipv6_synproxy_ops));
+ mutex_unlock(&synproxy_mutex);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_synproxy_ipv6_fini);
#endif /* CONFIG_IPV6 */