[PATCH nf] netfilter: nfnetlink_log: wait for rcu grace period before freeing pernet state
Florian Westphal <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Aug 2026 10:43:27 +0200
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.security.firewalls.netfilter.devel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
sashiko reports: "nfnl_log_net_exit() calls nf_log_unset(), which clears the logger pointer without an RCU grace period. Immediately after, ops_free_list() frees the per-net state while concurrent packets might still be executing nf_log_packet() under rcu_read_lock()." Clear the pointer via .pre_exit to make sure rcu readers have completed before pernet storage is free'd. The change in nf_log_syslog.c is only done for consistency: it doesn't use pernet data. Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260731151806.849724-1-pablo%40netfilter.org Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <[email protected]> --- net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c | 4 ++-- net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c | 13 +++++++++---- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c b/net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c index e37b09b3203b..5ffde27d450a 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c @@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ static int __net_init nf_log_syslog_net_init(struct net *net) return ret; } -static void __net_exit nf_log_syslog_net_exit(struct net *net) +static void __net_exit nf_log_syslog_net_pre_exit(struct net *net) { nf_log_unset(net, &nf_ip_logger); nf_log_unset(net, &nf_arp_logger); @@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ static void __net_exit nf_log_syslog_net_exit(struct net *net) static struct pernet_operations nf_log_syslog_net_ops = { .init = nf_log_syslog_net_init, - .exit = nf_log_syslog_net_exit, + .pre_exit = nf_log_syslog_net_pre_exit, }; static int __init nf_log_syslog_init(void) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c index 5fee61b3813c..6c7fa2ed34f5 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c @@ -1170,21 +1170,26 @@ static int __net_init nfnl_log_net_init(struct net *net) return 0; } -static void __net_exit nfnl_log_net_exit(struct net *net) +static void __net_exit nfnl_log_net_pre_exit(struct net *net) { - struct nfnl_log_net *log = nfnl_log_pernet(net); - unsigned int i; - #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS remove_proc_entry("nfnetlink_log", net->nf.proc_netfilter); #endif nf_log_unset(net, &nfulnl_logger); +} + +static void __net_exit nfnl_log_net_exit(struct net *net) +{ + struct nfnl_log_net *log = nfnl_log_pernet(net); + unsigned int i; + for (i = 0; i < INSTANCE_BUCKETS; i++) WARN_ON_ONCE(!hlist_empty(&log->instance_table[i])); } static struct pernet_operations nfnl_log_net_ops = { .init = nfnl_log_net_init, + .pre_exit = nfnl_log_net_pre_exit, .exit = nfnl_log_net_exit, .id = &nfnl_log_net_id, .size = sizeof(struct nfnl_log_net), -- 2.54.0