[PATCH net v2] netfilter: nf_log: unregister loggers before per-net teardown

Chengfeng Ye <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.netdev,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.netfilter-devel,org.kernel.vger.stable
Message-ID <[email protected]>
nf_log_syslog and nfnetlink_log unregister their per-network namespace
operations before unregistering their global logger backends. This
leaves a window where a sysctl or netlink writer can rebind the still-
registered logger after the per-net pre-exit callback cleared the old
selection.

The race looks like this:

  CPU 0                                 CPU 1
  ----                                  ----
  unregister_pernet_subsys()
    nf_log_unset(net, logger)
      net->nf.nf_loggers[pf] = NULL

                                        lock nf_log_mutex
                                        find logger in loggers[][]
                                        net->nf.nf_loggers[pf] = logger
                                        unlock nf_log_mutex

  nf_log_unregister(logger)
    lock nf_log_mutex
    loggers[pf][type] = NULL
    unlock nf_log_mutex
    synchronize_rcu()
  module exit returns
  module core frees backend memory

Later, a sysctl read or packet logging operation can dereference the
stale per-net logger pointer.

Fix this by unregistering the global logger backends before tearing down
per-net state. Once the global registrations are gone, later writers can
no longer rebind the logger. unregister_pernet_subsys() already waits
for an RCU grace period after the pre-exit callback clears the per-net
selection, while nf_log_unregister() continues to cover readers of the
global logger table.

Apply this ordering fix to both nf_log backends that combine per-net
teardown with global logger registration.

Fixes: 5b023fc8d8e0 ("netfilter: enable per netns support for nf_loggers")
Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye <[email protected]>
---
Changes in v2:
- Rework the fix around backend teardown ordering instead of clearing
  per-net bindings from nf_log_unregister().
- Apply the ordering fix to both nf_log_syslog and nfnetlink_log.
- Drop the redundant trailing synchronize_rcu().

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/[email protected]/ [v1]
---
 net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c | 2 +-
 net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c b/net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c
@@ -1073,12 +1073,12 @@
 
 static void __exit nf_log_syslog_exit(void)
 {
-	unregister_pernet_subsys(&nf_log_syslog_net_ops);
 	nf_log_unregister(&nf_ip_logger);
 	nf_log_unregister(&nf_arp_logger);
 	nf_log_unregister(&nf_ip6_logger);
 	nf_log_unregister(&nf_netdev_logger);
 	nf_log_unregister(&nf_bridge_logger);
+	unregister_pernet_subsys(&nf_log_syslog_net_ops);
 }
 
 module_init(nf_log_syslog_init);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
@@ -1233,8 +1233,8 @@
 {
 	nfnetlink_subsys_unregister(&nfulnl_subsys);
 	netlink_unregister_notifier(&nfulnl_rtnl_notifier);
-	unregister_pernet_subsys(&nfnl_log_net_ops);
 	nf_log_unregister(&nfulnl_logger);
+	unregister_pernet_subsys(&nfnl_log_net_ops);
 }
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("netfilter userspace logging");
-- 
2.43.0
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