[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.15] netfilter: nfnetlink_log: wait for rcu grace period before freeing pernet state

From: Florian Westphal <[email protected]>

[ Upstream commit 33d1469b0124cc0baaea7a2032123b77a81e0940 ]

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]>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <[email protected]>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

The background searches finished with no hits:

- **Local tree:** `git log --grep` for the fix subject,
  `nfnl_log_net_pre_exit`, and related terms returned nothing — the
  patch is not in `v6.18.44`.
- **Patchwork:** The kernel.org search also came up empty (no matching
  nfnetlink entries).

That lines up with the earlier analysis: the buggy code is still present
in this tree, and the fix looks like a good backport candidate
(**YES**).

 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 6fa0812cd79ca..07a4f4725fcb2 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ 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);
@@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@ 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 a6989966d80d5..68e5429338330 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
@@ -1160,21 +1160,26 @@ 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),
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