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| author | Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de> | 2026-04-29 09:21:35 +0300 |
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| committer | Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> | 2026-04-30 09:03:22 +0300 |
| commit | 63bac027860308d1344f761cb47aabb3b30973fd (patch) | |
| tree | 912a0f2415b60262501a36e17e853e1d5be320af | |
| parent | 8bedb6c46945752a688d9b0cf2021e0e68b1876c (diff) | |
| download | linux-63bac027860308d1344f761cb47aabb3b30973fd.tar.xz | |
netfilter: nf_tables: fix netdev hook allocation memleak with dormant tables
sashiko says:
could the related code in __nf_tables_abort() leak the struct nft_hook objects when the table is dormant?
In __nf_tables_abort(), when rolling back a NEWCHAIN transaction that
updates hooks, the code conditionally unregisters and frees the hooks only
if the table is not dormant [..]
if (!(table->flags & NFT_TABLE_F_DORMANT)) {
nft_netdev_unregister_hooks(net,
&nft_trans_chain_hooks(trans),
true);
}
...
nft_trans_destroy(trans);
Unfortunately netdev family mixes hook registration and allocation.
Push table struct down and only check for the flag to unregister.
Fixes: 216e7bf7402c ("netfilter: nf_tables: skip netdev hook unregistration if table is dormant")
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 34 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c index 38e33c66c618..87387adbca65 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c @@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ static void nft_netdev_unregister_trans_hook(struct net *net, } static void nft_netdev_unregister_hooks(struct net *net, + const struct nft_table *table, struct list_head *hook_list, bool release_netdev) { @@ -414,8 +415,10 @@ static void nft_netdev_unregister_hooks(struct net *net, struct nf_hook_ops *ops; list_for_each_entry_safe(hook, next, hook_list, list) { - list_for_each_entry(ops, &hook->ops_list, list) - nf_unregister_net_hook(net, ops); + if (!(table->flags & NFT_TABLE_F_DORMANT)) { + list_for_each_entry(ops, &hook->ops_list, list) + nf_unregister_net_hook(net, ops); + } if (release_netdev) nft_netdev_hook_unlink_free_rcu(hook); } @@ -452,20 +455,25 @@ static void __nf_tables_unregister_hook(struct net *net, struct nft_base_chain *basechain; const struct nf_hook_ops *ops; - if (table->flags & NFT_TABLE_F_DORMANT || - !nft_is_base_chain(chain)) + if (!nft_is_base_chain(chain)) return; basechain = nft_base_chain(chain); ops = &basechain->ops; + /* must also be called for dormant tables */ + if (nft_base_chain_netdev(table->family, basechain->ops.hooknum)) { + nft_netdev_unregister_hooks(net, table, &basechain->hook_list, + release_netdev); + return; + } + + if (table->flags & NFT_TABLE_F_DORMANT) + return; + if (basechain->type->ops_unregister) return basechain->type->ops_unregister(net, ops); - if (nft_base_chain_netdev(table->family, basechain->ops.hooknum)) - nft_netdev_unregister_hooks(net, &basechain->hook_list, - release_netdev); - else - nf_unregister_net_hook(net, &basechain->ops); + nf_unregister_net_hook(net, &basechain->ops); } static void nf_tables_unregister_hook(struct net *net, @@ -11282,11 +11290,9 @@ static int __nf_tables_abort(struct net *net, enum nfnl_abort_action action) break; case NFT_MSG_NEWCHAIN: if (nft_trans_chain_update(trans)) { - if (!(table->flags & NFT_TABLE_F_DORMANT)) { - nft_netdev_unregister_hooks(net, - &nft_trans_chain_hooks(trans), - true); - } + nft_netdev_unregister_hooks(net, table, + &nft_trans_chain_hooks(trans), + true); free_percpu(nft_trans_chain_stats(trans)); kfree(nft_trans_chain_name(trans)); nft_trans_destroy(trans); |
