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<title>drop_monitor: Require 'CAP_SYS_ADMIN' when joining "events" group</title>
<updated>2023-12-13T17:18:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ido Schimmel</name>
<email>idosch@nvidia.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-12-11T12:41:33+00:00</published>
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commit e03781879a0d524ce3126678d50a80484a513c4b upstream.

The "NET_DM" generic netlink family notifies drop locations over the
"events" multicast group. This is problematic since by default generic
netlink allows non-root users to listen to these notifications.

Fix by adding a new field to the generic netlink multicast group
structure that when set prevents non-root users or root without the
'CAP_SYS_ADMIN' capability (in the user namespace owning the network
namespace) from joining the group. Set this field for the "events"
group. Use 'CAP_SYS_ADMIN' rather than 'CAP_NET_ADMIN' because of the
nature of the information that is shared over this group.

Note that the capability check in this case will always be performed
against the initial user namespace since the family is not netns aware
and only operates in the initial network namespace.

A new field is added to the structure rather than using the "flags"
field because the existing field uses uAPI flags and it is inappropriate
to add a new uAPI flag for an internal kernel check. In net-next we can
rework the "flags" field to use internal flags and fold the new field
into it. But for now, in order to reduce the amount of changes, add a
new field.

Since the information can only be consumed by root, mark the control
plane operations that start and stop the tracing as root-only using the
'GENL_ADMIN_PERM' flag.

Tested using [1].

Before:

 # capsh -- -c ./dm_repo
 # capsh --drop=cap_sys_admin -- -c ./dm_repo

After:

 # capsh -- -c ./dm_repo
 # capsh --drop=cap_sys_admin -- -c ./dm_repo
 Failed to join "events" multicast group

[1]
 $ cat dm.c
 #include &lt;stdio.h&gt;
 #include &lt;netlink/genl/ctrl.h&gt;
 #include &lt;netlink/genl/genl.h&gt;
 #include &lt;netlink/socket.h&gt;

 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	struct nl_sock *sk;
 	int grp, err;

 	sk = nl_socket_alloc();
 	if (!sk) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to allocate socket\n");
 		return -1;
 	}

 	err = genl_connect(sk);
 	if (err) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to connect socket\n");
 		return err;
 	}

 	grp = genl_ctrl_resolve_grp(sk, "NET_DM", "events");
 	if (grp &lt; 0) {
 		fprintf(stderr,
 			"Failed to resolve \"events\" multicast group\n");
 		return grp;
 	}

 	err = nl_socket_add_memberships(sk, grp, NFNLGRP_NONE);
 	if (err) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to join \"events\" multicast group\n");
 		return err;
 	}

 	return 0;
 }
 $ gcc -I/usr/include/libnl3 -lnl-3 -lnl-genl-3 -o dm_repo dm.c

Fixes: 9a8afc8d3962 ("Network Drop Monitor: Adding drop monitor implementation &amp; Netlink protocol")
Reported-by: "The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)" &lt;security@ncsc.gov.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel &lt;idosch@nvidia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller &lt;jacob.e.keller@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko &lt;jiri@nvidia.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231206213102.1824398-3-idosch@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit e03781879a0d524ce3126678d50a80484a513c4b upstream.

The "NET_DM" generic netlink family notifies drop locations over the
"events" multicast group. This is problematic since by default generic
netlink allows non-root users to listen to these notifications.

Fix by adding a new field to the generic netlink multicast group
structure that when set prevents non-root users or root without the
'CAP_SYS_ADMIN' capability (in the user namespace owning the network
namespace) from joining the group. Set this field for the "events"
group. Use 'CAP_SYS_ADMIN' rather than 'CAP_NET_ADMIN' because of the
nature of the information that is shared over this group.

Note that the capability check in this case will always be performed
against the initial user namespace since the family is not netns aware
and only operates in the initial network namespace.

A new field is added to the structure rather than using the "flags"
field because the existing field uses uAPI flags and it is inappropriate
to add a new uAPI flag for an internal kernel check. In net-next we can
rework the "flags" field to use internal flags and fold the new field
into it. But for now, in order to reduce the amount of changes, add a
new field.

Since the information can only be consumed by root, mark the control
plane operations that start and stop the tracing as root-only using the
'GENL_ADMIN_PERM' flag.

Tested using [1].

Before:

 # capsh -- -c ./dm_repo
 # capsh --drop=cap_sys_admin -- -c ./dm_repo

After:

 # capsh -- -c ./dm_repo
 # capsh --drop=cap_sys_admin -- -c ./dm_repo
 Failed to join "events" multicast group

[1]
 $ cat dm.c
 #include &lt;stdio.h&gt;
 #include &lt;netlink/genl/ctrl.h&gt;
 #include &lt;netlink/genl/genl.h&gt;
 #include &lt;netlink/socket.h&gt;

 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	struct nl_sock *sk;
 	int grp, err;

 	sk = nl_socket_alloc();
 	if (!sk) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to allocate socket\n");
 		return -1;
 	}

 	err = genl_connect(sk);
 	if (err) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to connect socket\n");
 		return err;
 	}

 	grp = genl_ctrl_resolve_grp(sk, "NET_DM", "events");
 	if (grp &lt; 0) {
 		fprintf(stderr,
 			"Failed to resolve \"events\" multicast group\n");
 		return grp;
 	}

 	err = nl_socket_add_memberships(sk, grp, NFNLGRP_NONE);
 	if (err) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to join \"events\" multicast group\n");
 		return err;
 	}

 	return 0;
 }
 $ gcc -I/usr/include/libnl3 -lnl-3 -lnl-genl-3 -o dm_repo dm.c

Fixes: 9a8afc8d3962 ("Network Drop Monitor: Adding drop monitor implementation &amp; Netlink protocol")
Reported-by: "The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)" &lt;security@ncsc.gov.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel &lt;idosch@nvidia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller &lt;jacob.e.keller@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko &lt;jiri@nvidia.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231206213102.1824398-3-idosch@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>genetlink: add CAP_NET_ADMIN test for multicast bind</title>
<updated>2023-12-13T17:18:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ido Schimmel</name>
<email>idosch@nvidia.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-12-11T12:41:31+00:00</published>
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This is a partial backport of upstream commit 4d54cc32112d ("mptcp:
avoid lock_fast usage in accept path"). It is only a partial backport
because the patch in the link below was erroneously squash-merged into
upstream commit 4d54cc32112d ("mptcp: avoid lock_fast usage in accept
path"). Below is the original patch description from Florian Westphal:

"
genetlink sets NL_CFG_F_NONROOT_RECV for its netlink socket so anyone can
subscribe to multicast messages.

rtnetlink doesn't allow this unconditionally,  rtnetlink_bind() restricts
bind requests to CAP_NET_ADMIN for a few groups.

This allows to set GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM flag on genl mcast groups to
mandate CAP_NET_ADMIN.

This will be used by the upcoming mptcp netlink event facility which
exposes the token (mptcp connection identifier) to userspace.
"

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/mptcp/20210213000001.379332-8-mathew.j.martineau@linux.intel.com/
Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel &lt;idosch@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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This is a partial backport of upstream commit 4d54cc32112d ("mptcp:
avoid lock_fast usage in accept path"). It is only a partial backport
because the patch in the link below was erroneously squash-merged into
upstream commit 4d54cc32112d ("mptcp: avoid lock_fast usage in accept
path"). Below is the original patch description from Florian Westphal:

"
genetlink sets NL_CFG_F_NONROOT_RECV for its netlink socket so anyone can
subscribe to multicast messages.

rtnetlink doesn't allow this unconditionally,  rtnetlink_bind() restricts
bind requests to CAP_NET_ADMIN for a few groups.

This allows to set GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM flag on genl mcast groups to
mandate CAP_NET_ADMIN.

This will be used by the upcoming mptcp netlink event facility which
exposes the token (mptcp connection identifier) to userspace.
"

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/mptcp/20210213000001.379332-8-mathew.j.martineau@linux.intel.com/
Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel &lt;idosch@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>netfilter: nf_tables: fix table flag updates</title>
<updated>2023-11-28T16:50:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Pablo Neira Ayuso</name>
<email>pablo@netfilter.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-11-21T12:13:31+00:00</published>
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commit 179d9ba5559a756f4322583388b3213fe4e391b0 upstream.

The dormant flag need to be updated from the preparation phase,
otherwise, two consecutive requests to dorm a table in the same batch
might try to remove the same hooks twice, resulting in the following
warning:

 hook not found, pf 3 num 0
 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 334 at net/netfilter/core.c:480 __nf_unregister_net_hook+0x1eb/0x610 net/netfilter/core.c:480
 Modules linked in:
 CPU: 0 PID: 334 Comm: kworker/u4:5 Not tainted 5.12.0-syzkaller #0
 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011
 Workqueue: netns cleanup_net
 RIP: 0010:__nf_unregister_net_hook+0x1eb/0x610 net/netfilter/core.c:480

This patch is a partial revert of 0ce7cf4127f1 ("netfilter: nftables:
update table flags from the commit phase") to restore the previous
behaviour.

However, there is still another problem: A batch containing a series of
dorm-wakeup-dorm table and vice-versa also trigger the warning above
since hook unregistration happens from the preparation phase, while hook
registration occurs from the commit phase.

To fix this problem, this patch adds two internal flags to annotate the
original dormant flag status which are __NFT_TABLE_F_WAS_DORMANT and
__NFT_TABLE_F_WAS_AWAKEN, to restore it from the abort path.

The __NFT_TABLE_F_UPDATE bitmask allows to handle the dormant flag update
with one single transaction.

Reported-by: syzbot+7ad5cd1615f2d89c6e7e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fixes: 0ce7cf4127f1 ("netfilter: nftables: update table flags from the commit phase")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 179d9ba5559a756f4322583388b3213fe4e391b0 upstream.

The dormant flag need to be updated from the preparation phase,
otherwise, two consecutive requests to dorm a table in the same batch
might try to remove the same hooks twice, resulting in the following
warning:

 hook not found, pf 3 num 0
 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 334 at net/netfilter/core.c:480 __nf_unregister_net_hook+0x1eb/0x610 net/netfilter/core.c:480
 Modules linked in:
 CPU: 0 PID: 334 Comm: kworker/u4:5 Not tainted 5.12.0-syzkaller #0
 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011
 Workqueue: netns cleanup_net
 RIP: 0010:__nf_unregister_net_hook+0x1eb/0x610 net/netfilter/core.c:480

This patch is a partial revert of 0ce7cf4127f1 ("netfilter: nftables:
update table flags from the commit phase") to restore the previous
behaviour.

However, there is still another problem: A batch containing a series of
dorm-wakeup-dorm table and vice-versa also trigger the warning above
since hook unregistration happens from the preparation phase, while hook
registration occurs from the commit phase.

To fix this problem, this patch adds two internal flags to annotate the
original dormant flag status which are __NFT_TABLE_F_WAS_DORMANT and
__NFT_TABLE_F_WAS_AWAKEN, to restore it from the abort path.

The __NFT_TABLE_F_UPDATE bitmask allows to handle the dormant flag update
with one single transaction.

Reported-by: syzbot+7ad5cd1615f2d89c6e7e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fixes: 0ce7cf4127f1 ("netfilter: nftables: update table flags from the commit phase")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>netfilter: nftables: update table flags from the commit phase</title>
<updated>2023-11-28T16:50:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Pablo Neira Ayuso</name>
<email>pablo@netfilter.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-11-21T12:13:30+00:00</published>
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commit 0ce7cf4127f14078ca598ba9700d813178a59409 upstream.

Do not update table flags from the preparation phase. Store the flags
update into the transaction, then update the flags from the commit
phase.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 0ce7cf4127f14078ca598ba9700d813178a59409 upstream.

Do not update table flags from the preparation phase. Store the flags
update into the transaction, then update the flags from the commit
phase.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>netfilter: nf_tables: fix memleak when more than 255 elements expired</title>
<updated>2023-11-28T16:50:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Pablo Neira Ayuso</name>
<email>pablo@netfilter.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-11-21T12:13:27+00:00</published>
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commit cf5000a7787cbc10341091d37245a42c119d26c5 upstream.

When more than 255 elements expired we're supposed to switch to a new gc
container structure.

This never happens: u8 type will wrap before reaching the boundary
and nft_trans_gc_space() always returns true.

This means we recycle the initial gc container structure and
lose track of the elements that came before.

While at it, don't deref 'gc' after we've passed it to call_rcu.

Fixes: 5f68718b34a5 ("netfilter: nf_tables: GC transaction API to avoid race with control plane")
Reported-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit cf5000a7787cbc10341091d37245a42c119d26c5 upstream.

When more than 255 elements expired we're supposed to switch to a new gc
container structure.

This never happens: u8 type will wrap before reaching the boundary
and nft_trans_gc_space() always returns true.

This means we recycle the initial gc container structure and
lose track of the elements that came before.

While at it, don't deref 'gc' after we've passed it to call_rcu.

Fixes: 5f68718b34a5 ("netfilter: nf_tables: GC transaction API to avoid race with control plane")
Reported-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>netfilter: nf_tables: defer gc run if previous batch is still pending</title>
<updated>2023-11-28T16:50:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Florian Westphal</name>
<email>fw@strlen.de</email>
</author>
<published>2023-11-21T12:13:23+00:00</published>
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commit 8e51830e29e12670b4c10df070a4ea4c9593e961 upstream.

Don't queue more gc work, else we may queue the same elements multiple
times.

If an element is flagged as dead, this can mean that either the previous
gc request was invalidated/discarded by a transaction or that the previous
request is still pending in the system work queue.

The latter will happen if the gc interval is set to a very low value,
e.g. 1ms, and system work queue is backlogged.

The sets refcount is 1 if no previous gc requeusts are queued, so add
a helper for this and skip gc run if old requests are pending.

Add a helper for this and skip the gc run in this case.

Fixes: f6c383b8c31a ("netfilter: nf_tables: adapt set backend to use GC transaction API")
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 8e51830e29e12670b4c10df070a4ea4c9593e961 upstream.

Don't queue more gc work, else we may queue the same elements multiple
times.

If an element is flagged as dead, this can mean that either the previous
gc request was invalidated/discarded by a transaction or that the previous
request is still pending in the system work queue.

The latter will happen if the gc interval is set to a very low value,
e.g. 1ms, and system work queue is backlogged.

The sets refcount is 1 if no previous gc requeusts are queued, so add
a helper for this and skip gc run if old requests are pending.

Add a helper for this and skip the gc run in this case.

Fixes: f6c383b8c31a ("netfilter: nf_tables: adapt set backend to use GC transaction API")
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>netfilter: nf_tables: remove busy mark and gc batch API</title>
<updated>2023-11-28T16:50:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Pablo Neira Ayuso</name>
<email>pablo@netfilter.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-11-21T12:13:18+00:00</published>
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commit a2dd0233cbc4d8a0abb5f64487487ffc9265beb5 upstream.

Ditch it, it has been replace it by the GC transaction API and it has no
clients anymore.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit a2dd0233cbc4d8a0abb5f64487487ffc9265beb5 upstream.

Ditch it, it has been replace it by the GC transaction API and it has no
clients anymore.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>netfilter: nf_tables: GC transaction API to avoid race with control plane</title>
<updated>2023-11-28T16:50:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Pablo Neira Ayuso</name>
<email>pablo@netfilter.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-11-21T12:13:15+00:00</published>
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commit 5f68718b34a531a556f2f50300ead2862278da26 upstream.

The set types rhashtable and rbtree use a GC worker to reclaim memory.
&gt;From system work queue, in periodic intervals, a scan of the table is
done.

The major caveat here is that the nft transaction mutex is not held.
This causes a race between control plane and GC when they attempt to
delete the same element.

We cannot grab the netlink mutex from the work queue, because the
control plane has to wait for the GC work queue in case the set is to be
removed, so we get following deadlock:

   cpu 1                                cpu2
     GC work                            transaction comes in , lock nft mutex
       `acquire nft mutex // BLOCKS
                                        transaction asks to remove the set
                                        set destruction calls cancel_work_sync()

cancel_work_sync will now block forever, because it is waiting for the
mutex the caller already owns.

This patch adds a new API that deals with garbage collection in two
steps:

1) Lockless GC of expired elements sets on the NFT_SET_ELEM_DEAD_BIT
   so they are not visible via lookup. Annotate current GC sequence in
   the GC transaction. Enqueue GC transaction work as soon as it is
   full. If ruleset is updated, then GC transaction is aborted and
   retried later.

2) GC work grabs the mutex. If GC sequence has changed then this GC
   transaction lost race with control plane, abort it as it contains
   stale references to objects and let GC try again later. If the
   ruleset is intact, then this GC transaction deactivates and removes
   the elements and it uses call_rcu() to destroy elements.

Note that no elements are removed from GC lockless path, the _DEAD bit
is set and pointers are collected. GC catchall does not remove the
elements anymore too. There is a new set-&gt;dead flag that is set on to
abort the GC transaction to deal with set-&gt;ops-&gt;destroy() path which
removes the remaining elements in the set from commit_release, where no
mutex is held.

To deal with GC when mutex is held, which allows safe deactivate and
removal, add sync GC API which releases the set element object via
call_rcu(). This is used by rbtree and pipapo backends which also
perform garbage collection from control plane path.

Since element removal from sets can happen from control plane and
element garbage collection/timeout, it is necessary to keep the set
structure alive until all elements have been deactivated and destroyed.

We cannot do a cancel_work_sync or flush_work in nft_set_destroy because
its called with the transaction mutex held, but the aforementioned async
work queue might be blocked on the very mutex that nft_set_destroy()
callchain is sitting on.

This gives us the choice of ABBA deadlock or UaF.

To avoid both, add set-&gt;refs refcount_t member. The GC API can then
increment the set refcount and release it once the elements have been
free'd.

Set backends are adapted to use the GC transaction API in a follow up
patch entitled:

  ("netfilter: nf_tables: use gc transaction API in set backends")

This is joint work with Florian Westphal.

Fixes: cfed7e1b1f8e ("netfilter: nf_tables: add set garbage collection helpers")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 5f68718b34a531a556f2f50300ead2862278da26 upstream.

The set types rhashtable and rbtree use a GC worker to reclaim memory.
&gt;From system work queue, in periodic intervals, a scan of the table is
done.

The major caveat here is that the nft transaction mutex is not held.
This causes a race between control plane and GC when they attempt to
delete the same element.

We cannot grab the netlink mutex from the work queue, because the
control plane has to wait for the GC work queue in case the set is to be
removed, so we get following deadlock:

   cpu 1                                cpu2
     GC work                            transaction comes in , lock nft mutex
       `acquire nft mutex // BLOCKS
                                        transaction asks to remove the set
                                        set destruction calls cancel_work_sync()

cancel_work_sync will now block forever, because it is waiting for the
mutex the caller already owns.

This patch adds a new API that deals with garbage collection in two
steps:

1) Lockless GC of expired elements sets on the NFT_SET_ELEM_DEAD_BIT
   so they are not visible via lookup. Annotate current GC sequence in
   the GC transaction. Enqueue GC transaction work as soon as it is
   full. If ruleset is updated, then GC transaction is aborted and
   retried later.

2) GC work grabs the mutex. If GC sequence has changed then this GC
   transaction lost race with control plane, abort it as it contains
   stale references to objects and let GC try again later. If the
   ruleset is intact, then this GC transaction deactivates and removes
   the elements and it uses call_rcu() to destroy elements.

Note that no elements are removed from GC lockless path, the _DEAD bit
is set and pointers are collected. GC catchall does not remove the
elements anymore too. There is a new set-&gt;dead flag that is set on to
abort the GC transaction to deal with set-&gt;ops-&gt;destroy() path which
removes the remaining elements in the set from commit_release, where no
mutex is held.

To deal with GC when mutex is held, which allows safe deactivate and
removal, add sync GC API which releases the set element object via
call_rcu(). This is used by rbtree and pipapo backends which also
perform garbage collection from control plane path.

Since element removal from sets can happen from control plane and
element garbage collection/timeout, it is necessary to keep the set
structure alive until all elements have been deactivated and destroyed.

We cannot do a cancel_work_sync or flush_work in nft_set_destroy because
its called with the transaction mutex held, but the aforementioned async
work queue might be blocked on the very mutex that nft_set_destroy()
callchain is sitting on.

This gives us the choice of ABBA deadlock or UaF.

To avoid both, add set-&gt;refs refcount_t member. The GC API can then
increment the set refcount and release it once the elements have been
free'd.

Set backends are adapted to use the GC transaction API in a follow up
patch entitled:

  ("netfilter: nf_tables: use gc transaction API in set backends")

This is joint work with Florian Westphal.

Fixes: cfed7e1b1f8e ("netfilter: nf_tables: add set garbage collection helpers")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<title>netfilter: nf_tables: drop map element references from preparation phase</title>
<updated>2023-11-28T16:50:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Pablo Neira Ayuso</name>
<email>pablo@netfilter.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-11-21T12:13:10+00:00</published>
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commit 628bd3e49cba1c066228e23d71a852c23e26da73 upstream.

set .destroy callback releases the references to other objects in maps.
This is very late and it results in spurious EBUSY errors. Drop refcount
from the preparation phase instead, update set backend not to drop
reference counter from set .destroy path.

Exceptions: NFT_TRANS_PREPARE_ERROR does not require to drop the
reference counter because the transaction abort path releases the map
references for each element since the set is unbound. The abort path
also deals with releasing reference counter for new elements added to
unbound sets.

Fixes: 591054469b3e ("netfilter: nf_tables: revisit chain/object refcounting from elements")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 628bd3e49cba1c066228e23d71a852c23e26da73 upstream.

set .destroy callback releases the references to other objects in maps.
This is very late and it results in spurious EBUSY errors. Drop refcount
from the preparation phase instead, update set backend not to drop
reference counter from set .destroy path.

Exceptions: NFT_TRANS_PREPARE_ERROR does not require to drop the
reference counter because the transaction abort path releases the map
references for each element since the set is unbound. The abort path
also deals with releasing reference counter for new elements added to
unbound sets.

Fixes: 591054469b3e ("netfilter: nf_tables: revisit chain/object refcounting from elements")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: annotate data-races around sk-&gt;sk_dst_pending_confirm</title>
<updated>2023-11-28T16:50:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Dumazet</name>
<email>edumazet@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-09-21T20:28:18+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit eb44ad4e635132754bfbcb18103f1dcb7058aedd ]

This field can be read or written without socket lock being held.

Add annotations to avoid load-store tearing.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit eb44ad4e635132754bfbcb18103f1dcb7058aedd ]

This field can be read or written without socket lock being held.

Add annotations to avoid load-store tearing.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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