[PATCH net-next 4/7] netfilter: flowtable: tear down flow entries with stale dst from GC
Pablo Neira Ayuso <[email protected]> Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:49:29 +0200
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.network,gmane.comp.security.firewalls.netfilter.devel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
In case of route updates, tear down flow entries with stale dst to give them a chance to obtain a fresh route. This is specifically useful for hardware offloaded entries, where the flowtable software dataplane sees no packet, where the existing check for stale dst entries does not help. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <[email protected]> --- include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h | 8 ++++++++ net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c | 2 ++ net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c | 8 -------- 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h index ce414118962f..a090ec3ffef2 100644 --- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h +++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h @@ -310,6 +310,14 @@ int flow_offload_add(struct nf_flowtable *flow_table, struct flow_offload *flow) void flow_offload_refresh(struct nf_flowtable *flow_table, struct flow_offload *flow, bool force); +static inline bool nf_flow_dst_check(struct flow_offload_tuple *tuple) +{ + if (!tuple->dst_cache) + return true; + + return dst_check(tuple->dst_cache, tuple->dst_cookie); +} + struct flow_offload_tuple_rhash *flow_offload_lookup(struct nf_flowtable *flow_table, struct flow_offload_tuple *tuple); void nf_flow_table_gc_run(struct nf_flowtable *flow_table); diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c index b66e65439341..58e6a675332d 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c @@ -571,6 +571,8 @@ static void nf_flow_offload_gc_step(struct nf_flowtable *flow_table, if (nf_flow_has_expired(flow) || nf_ct_is_dying(flow->ct) || + !nf_flow_dst_check(&flow->tuplehash[FLOW_OFFLOAD_DIR_ORIGINAL].tuple) || + !nf_flow_dst_check(&flow->tuplehash[FLOW_OFFLOAD_DIR_REPLY].tuple) || nf_flow_custom_gc(flow_table, flow)) { flow_offload_teardown(flow); teardown = true; diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c index 0b78decce8a9..0b314b10e705 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c @@ -297,14 +297,6 @@ static bool nf_flow_exceeds_mtu(const struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int mtu) return true; } -static inline bool nf_flow_dst_check(struct flow_offload_tuple *tuple) -{ - if (!tuple->dst_cache) - return true; - - return dst_check(tuple->dst_cache, tuple->dst_cookie); -} - static unsigned int nf_flow_xmit_xfrm(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nf_hook_state *state, struct dst_entry *dst) -- 2.47.3