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<title>linux-stable.git/net/ipv4/netfilter, branch v5.12.2</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>netfilter: x_tables: fix compat match/target pad out-of-bound write</title>
<updated>2021-04-12T22:18:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Florian Westphal</name>
<email>fw@strlen.de</email>
</author>
<published>2021-04-07T19:38:57+00:00</published>
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xt_compat_match/target_from_user doesn't check that zeroing the area
to start of next rule won't write past end of allocated ruleset blob.

Remove this code and zero the entire blob beforehand.

Reported-by: syzbot+cfc0247ac173f597aaaa@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Reported-by: Andy Nguyen &lt;theflow@google.com&gt;
Fixes: 9fa492cdc160c ("[NETFILTER]: x_tables: simplify compat API")
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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xt_compat_match/target_from_user doesn't check that zeroing the area
to start of next rule won't write past end of allocated ruleset blob.

Remove this code and zero the entire blob beforehand.

Reported-by: syzbot+cfc0247ac173f597aaaa@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Reported-by: Andy Nguyen &lt;theflow@google.com&gt;
Fixes: 9fa492cdc160c ("[NETFILTER]: x_tables: simplify compat API")
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>netfilter: arp_tables: add pre_exit hook for table unregister</title>
<updated>2021-04-10T19:18:24+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Florian Westphal</name>
<email>fw@strlen.de</email>
</author>
<published>2021-04-07T19:43:40+00:00</published>
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Same problem that also existed in iptables/ip(6)tables, when
arptable_filter is removed there is no longer a wait period before the
table/ruleset is free'd.

Unregister the hook in pre_exit, then remove the table in the exit
function.
This used to work correctly because the old nf_hook_unregister API
did unconditional synchronize_net.

The per-net hook unregister function uses call_rcu instead.

Fixes: b9e69e127397 ("netfilter: xtables: don't hook tables by default")
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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Same problem that also existed in iptables/ip(6)tables, when
arptable_filter is removed there is no longer a wait period before the
table/ruleset is free'd.

Unregister the hook in pre_exit, then remove the table in the exit
function.
This used to work correctly because the old nf_hook_unregister API
did unconditional synchronize_net.

The per-net hook unregister function uses call_rcu instead.

Fixes: b9e69e127397 ("netfilter: xtables: don't hook tables by default")
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Revert "netfilter: x_tables: Switch synchronization to RCU"</title>
<updated>2021-03-15T17:42:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mark Tomlinson</name>
<email>mark.tomlinson@alliedtelesis.co.nz</email>
</author>
<published>2021-03-08T01:24:12+00:00</published>
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This reverts commit cc00bcaa589914096edef7fb87ca5cee4a166b5c.

This (and the preceding) patch basically re-implemented the RCU
mechanisms of patch 784544739a25. That patch was replaced because of the
performance problems that it created when replacing tables. Now, we have
the same issue: the call to synchronize_rcu() makes replacing tables
slower by as much as an order of magnitude.

Prior to using RCU a script calling "iptables" approx. 200 times was
taking 1.16s. With RCU this increased to 11.59s.

Revert these patches and fix the issue in a different way.

Signed-off-by: Mark Tomlinson &lt;mark.tomlinson@alliedtelesis.co.nz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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This reverts commit cc00bcaa589914096edef7fb87ca5cee4a166b5c.

This (and the preceding) patch basically re-implemented the RCU
mechanisms of patch 784544739a25. That patch was replaced because of the
performance problems that it created when replacing tables. Now, we have
the same issue: the call to synchronize_rcu() makes replacing tables
slower by as much as an order of magnitude.

Prior to using RCU a script calling "iptables" approx. 200 times was
taking 1.16s. With RCU this increased to 11.59s.

Revert these patches and fix the issue in a different way.

Signed-off-by: Mark Tomlinson &lt;mark.tomlinson@alliedtelesis.co.nz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Revert "netfilter: x_tables: Update remaining dereference to RCU"</title>
<updated>2021-03-15T17:42:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mark Tomlinson</name>
<email>mark.tomlinson@alliedtelesis.co.nz</email>
</author>
<published>2021-03-08T01:24:11+00:00</published>
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This reverts commit 443d6e86f821a165fae3fc3fc13086d27ac140b1.

This (and the following) patch basically re-implemented the RCU
mechanisms of patch 784544739a25. That patch was replaced because of the
performance problems that it created when replacing tables. Now, we have
the same issue: the call to synchronize_rcu() makes replacing tables
slower by as much as an order of magnitude.

Revert these patches and fix the issue in a different way.

Signed-off-by: Mark Tomlinson &lt;mark.tomlinson@alliedtelesis.co.nz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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This reverts commit 443d6e86f821a165fae3fc3fc13086d27ac140b1.

This (and the following) patch basically re-implemented the RCU
mechanisms of patch 784544739a25. That patch was replaced because of the
performance problems that it created when replacing tables. Now, we have
the same issue: the call to synchronize_rcu() makes replacing tables
slower by as much as an order of magnitude.

Revert these patches and fix the issue in a different way.

Signed-off-by: Mark Tomlinson &lt;mark.tomlinson@alliedtelesis.co.nz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>netfilter: nftables: add nft_parse_register_load() and use it</title>
<updated>2021-01-27T21:53:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Pablo Neira Ayuso</name>
<email>pablo@netfilter.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-01-25T16:28:18+00:00</published>
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This new function combines the netlink register attribute parser
and the load validation function.

This update requires to replace:

	enum nft_registers      sreg:8;

in many of the expression private areas otherwise compiler complains
with:

	error: cannot take address of bit-field ‘sreg’

when passing the register field as reference.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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This new function combines the netlink register attribute parser
and the load validation function.

This update requires to replace:

	enum nft_registers      sreg:8;

in many of the expression private areas otherwise compiler complains
with:

	error: cannot take address of bit-field ‘sreg’

when passing the register field as reference.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>netfilter: rpfilter: mask ecn bits before fib lookup</title>
<updated>2021-01-19T21:54:30+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Guillaume Nault</name>
<email>gnault@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-01-16T10:44:26+00:00</published>
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RT_TOS() only masks one of the two ECN bits. Therefore rpfilter_mt()
treats Not-ECT or ECT(1) packets in a different way than those with
ECT(0) or CE.

Reproducer:

  Create two netns, connected with a veth:
  $ ip netns add ns0
  $ ip netns add ns1
  $ ip link add name veth01 netns ns0 type veth peer name veth10 netns ns1
  $ ip -netns ns0 link set dev veth01 up
  $ ip -netns ns1 link set dev veth10 up
  $ ip -netns ns0 address add 192.0.2.10/32 dev veth01
  $ ip -netns ns1 address add 192.0.2.11/32 dev veth10

  Add a route to ns1 in ns0:
  $ ip -netns ns0 route add 192.0.2.11/32 dev veth01

  In ns1, only packets with TOS 4 can be routed to ns0:
  $ ip -netns ns1 route add 192.0.2.10/32 tos 4 dev veth10

  Ping from ns0 to ns1 works regardless of the ECN bits, as long as TOS
  is 4:
  $ ip netns exec ns0 ping -Q 4 192.0.2.11   # TOS 4, Not-ECT
    ... 0% packet loss ...
  $ ip netns exec ns0 ping -Q 5 192.0.2.11   # TOS 4, ECT(1)
    ... 0% packet loss ...
  $ ip netns exec ns0 ping -Q 6 192.0.2.11   # TOS 4, ECT(0)
    ... 0% packet loss ...
  $ ip netns exec ns0 ping -Q 7 192.0.2.11   # TOS 4, CE
    ... 0% packet loss ...

  Now use iptable's rpfilter module in ns1:
  $ ip netns exec ns1 iptables-legacy -t raw -A PREROUTING -m rpfilter --invert -j DROP

  Not-ECT and ECT(1) packets still pass:
  $ ip netns exec ns0 ping -Q 4 192.0.2.11   # TOS 4, Not-ECT
    ... 0% packet loss ...
  $ ip netns exec ns0 ping -Q 5 192.0.2.11   # TOS 4, ECT(1)
    ... 0% packet loss ...

  But ECT(0) and ECN packets are dropped:
  $ ip netns exec ns0 ping -Q 6 192.0.2.11   # TOS 4, ECT(0)
    ... 100% packet loss ...
  $ ip netns exec ns0 ping -Q 7 192.0.2.11   # TOS 4, CE
    ... 100% packet loss ...

After this patch, rpfilter doesn't drop ECT(0) and CE packets anymore.

Fixes: 8f97339d3feb ("netfilter: add ipv4 reverse path filter match")
Signed-off-by: Guillaume Nault &lt;gnault@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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RT_TOS() only masks one of the two ECN bits. Therefore rpfilter_mt()
treats Not-ECT or ECT(1) packets in a different way than those with
ECT(0) or CE.

Reproducer:

  Create two netns, connected with a veth:
  $ ip netns add ns0
  $ ip netns add ns1
  $ ip link add name veth01 netns ns0 type veth peer name veth10 netns ns1
  $ ip -netns ns0 link set dev veth01 up
  $ ip -netns ns1 link set dev veth10 up
  $ ip -netns ns0 address add 192.0.2.10/32 dev veth01
  $ ip -netns ns1 address add 192.0.2.11/32 dev veth10

  Add a route to ns1 in ns0:
  $ ip -netns ns0 route add 192.0.2.11/32 dev veth01

  In ns1, only packets with TOS 4 can be routed to ns0:
  $ ip -netns ns1 route add 192.0.2.10/32 tos 4 dev veth10

  Ping from ns0 to ns1 works regardless of the ECN bits, as long as TOS
  is 4:
  $ ip netns exec ns0 ping -Q 4 192.0.2.11   # TOS 4, Not-ECT
    ... 0% packet loss ...
  $ ip netns exec ns0 ping -Q 5 192.0.2.11   # TOS 4, ECT(1)
    ... 0% packet loss ...
  $ ip netns exec ns0 ping -Q 6 192.0.2.11   # TOS 4, ECT(0)
    ... 0% packet loss ...
  $ ip netns exec ns0 ping -Q 7 192.0.2.11   # TOS 4, CE
    ... 0% packet loss ...

  Now use iptable's rpfilter module in ns1:
  $ ip netns exec ns1 iptables-legacy -t raw -A PREROUTING -m rpfilter --invert -j DROP

  Not-ECT and ECT(1) packets still pass:
  $ ip netns exec ns0 ping -Q 4 192.0.2.11   # TOS 4, Not-ECT
    ... 0% packet loss ...
  $ ip netns exec ns0 ping -Q 5 192.0.2.11   # TOS 4, ECT(1)
    ... 0% packet loss ...

  But ECT(0) and ECN packets are dropped:
  $ ip netns exec ns0 ping -Q 6 192.0.2.11   # TOS 4, ECT(0)
    ... 100% packet loss ...
  $ ip netns exec ns0 ping -Q 7 192.0.2.11   # TOS 4, CE
    ... 100% packet loss ...

After this patch, rpfilter doesn't drop ECT(0) and CE packets anymore.

Fixes: 8f97339d3feb ("netfilter: add ipv4 reverse path filter match")
Signed-off-by: Guillaume Nault &lt;gnault@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>netfilter: x_tables: Update remaining dereference to RCU</title>
<updated>2020-12-17T18:44:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan</name>
<email>subashab@codeaurora.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-12-17T04:38:02+00:00</published>
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This fixes the dereference to fetch the RCU pointer when holding
the appropriate xtables lock.

Reported-by: kernel test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;
Fixes: cc00bcaa5899 ("netfilter: x_tables: Switch synchronization to RCU")
Signed-off-by: Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan &lt;subashab@codeaurora.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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This fixes the dereference to fetch the RCU pointer when holding
the appropriate xtables lock.

Reported-by: kernel test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;
Fixes: cc00bcaa5899 ("netfilter: x_tables: Switch synchronization to RCU")
Signed-off-by: Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan &lt;subashab@codeaurora.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pablo/nf-next</title>
<updated>2020-12-14T23:43:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jakub Kicinski</name>
<email>kuba@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-12-14T23:43:20+00:00</published>
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Pablo Neira Ayuso says:

====================
Netfilter/IPVS updates for net-next

1) Missing dependencies in NFT_BRIDGE_REJECT, from Randy Dunlap.

2) Use atomic_inc_return() instead of atomic_add_return() in IPVS,
   from Yejune Deng.

3) Simplify check for overquota in xt_nfacct, from Kaixu Xia.

4) Move nfnl_acct_list away from struct net, from Miao Wang.

5) Pass actual sk in reject actions, from Jan Engelhardt.

6) Add timeout and protoinfo to ctnetlink destroy events,
   from Florian Westphal.

7) Four patches to generalize set infrastructure to support
   for multiple expressions per set element.

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pablo/nf-next:
  netfilter: nftables: netlink support for several set element expressions
  netfilter: nftables: generalize set extension to support for several expressions
  netfilter: nftables: move nft_expr before nft_set
  netfilter: nftables: generalize set expressions support
  netfilter: ctnetlink: add timeout and protoinfo to destroy events
  netfilter: use actual socket sk for REJECT action
  netfilter: nfnl_acct: remove data from struct net
  netfilter: Remove unnecessary conversion to bool
  ipvs: replace atomic_add_return()
  netfilter: nft_reject_bridge: fix build errors due to code movement
====================

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201212230513.3465-1-pablo@netfilter.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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Pablo Neira Ayuso says:

====================
Netfilter/IPVS updates for net-next

1) Missing dependencies in NFT_BRIDGE_REJECT, from Randy Dunlap.

2) Use atomic_inc_return() instead of atomic_add_return() in IPVS,
   from Yejune Deng.

3) Simplify check for overquota in xt_nfacct, from Kaixu Xia.

4) Move nfnl_acct_list away from struct net, from Miao Wang.

5) Pass actual sk in reject actions, from Jan Engelhardt.

6) Add timeout and protoinfo to ctnetlink destroy events,
   from Florian Westphal.

7) Four patches to generalize set infrastructure to support
   for multiple expressions per set element.

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pablo/nf-next:
  netfilter: nftables: netlink support for several set element expressions
  netfilter: nftables: generalize set extension to support for several expressions
  netfilter: nftables: move nft_expr before nft_set
  netfilter: nftables: generalize set expressions support
  netfilter: ctnetlink: add timeout and protoinfo to destroy events
  netfilter: use actual socket sk for REJECT action
  netfilter: nfnl_acct: remove data from struct net
  netfilter: Remove unnecessary conversion to bool
  ipvs: replace atomic_add_return()
  netfilter: nft_reject_bridge: fix build errors due to code movement
====================

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201212230513.3465-1-pablo@netfilter.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net</title>
<updated>2020-12-12T06:29:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jakub Kicinski</name>
<email>kuba@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-12-12T04:12:36+00:00</published>
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xdp_return_frame_bulk() needs to pass a xdp_buff
to __xdp_return().

strlcpy got converted to strscpy but here it makes no
functional difference, so just keep the right code.

Conflicts:
	net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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xdp_return_frame_bulk() needs to pass a xdp_buff
to __xdp_return().

strlcpy got converted to strscpy but here it makes no
functional difference, so just keep the right code.

Conflicts:
	net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>netfilter: x_tables: Switch synchronization to RCU</title>
<updated>2020-12-08T11:57:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan</name>
<email>subashab@codeaurora.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-11-25T18:27:22+00:00</published>
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When running concurrent iptables rules replacement with data, the per CPU
sequence count is checked after the assignment of the new information.
The sequence count is used to synchronize with the packet path without the
use of any explicit locking. If there are any packets in the packet path using
the table information, the sequence count is incremented to an odd value and
is incremented to an even after the packet process completion.

The new table value assignment is followed by a write memory barrier so every
CPU should see the latest value. If the packet path has started with the old
table information, the sequence counter will be odd and the iptables
replacement will wait till the sequence count is even prior to freeing the
old table info.

However, this assumes that the new table information assignment and the memory
barrier is actually executed prior to the counter check in the replacement
thread. If CPU decides to execute the assignment later as there is no user of
the table information prior to the sequence check, the packet path in another
CPU may use the old table information. The replacement thread would then free
the table information under it leading to a use after free in the packet
processing context-

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual
address 000000000000008e
pc : ip6t_do_table+0x5d0/0x89c
lr : ip6t_do_table+0x5b8/0x89c
ip6t_do_table+0x5d0/0x89c
ip6table_filter_hook+0x24/0x30
nf_hook_slow+0x84/0x120
ip6_input+0x74/0xe0
ip6_rcv_finish+0x7c/0x128
ipv6_rcv+0xac/0xe4
__netif_receive_skb+0x84/0x17c
process_backlog+0x15c/0x1b8
napi_poll+0x88/0x284
net_rx_action+0xbc/0x23c
__do_softirq+0x20c/0x48c

This could be fixed by forcing instruction order after the new table
information assignment or by switching to RCU for the synchronization.

Fixes: 80055dab5de0 ("netfilter: x_tables: make xt_replace_table wait until old rules are not used anymore")
Reported-by: Sean Tranchetti &lt;stranche@codeaurora.org&gt;
Reported-by: kernel test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan &lt;subashab@codeaurora.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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When running concurrent iptables rules replacement with data, the per CPU
sequence count is checked after the assignment of the new information.
The sequence count is used to synchronize with the packet path without the
use of any explicit locking. If there are any packets in the packet path using
the table information, the sequence count is incremented to an odd value and
is incremented to an even after the packet process completion.

The new table value assignment is followed by a write memory barrier so every
CPU should see the latest value. If the packet path has started with the old
table information, the sequence counter will be odd and the iptables
replacement will wait till the sequence count is even prior to freeing the
old table info.

However, this assumes that the new table information assignment and the memory
barrier is actually executed prior to the counter check in the replacement
thread. If CPU decides to execute the assignment later as there is no user of
the table information prior to the sequence check, the packet path in another
CPU may use the old table information. The replacement thread would then free
the table information under it leading to a use after free in the packet
processing context-

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual
address 000000000000008e
pc : ip6t_do_table+0x5d0/0x89c
lr : ip6t_do_table+0x5b8/0x89c
ip6t_do_table+0x5d0/0x89c
ip6table_filter_hook+0x24/0x30
nf_hook_slow+0x84/0x120
ip6_input+0x74/0xe0
ip6_rcv_finish+0x7c/0x128
ipv6_rcv+0xac/0xe4
__netif_receive_skb+0x84/0x17c
process_backlog+0x15c/0x1b8
napi_poll+0x88/0x284
net_rx_action+0xbc/0x23c
__do_softirq+0x20c/0x48c

This could be fixed by forcing instruction order after the new table
information assignment or by switching to RCU for the synchronization.

Fixes: 80055dab5de0 ("netfilter: x_tables: make xt_replace_table wait until old rules are not used anymore")
Reported-by: Sean Tranchetti &lt;stranche@codeaurora.org&gt;
Reported-by: kernel test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan &lt;subashab@codeaurora.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
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