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<title>netfilter: nfnl_cthelper: fix a race when walk the nf_ct_helper_hash table</title>
<updated>2017-12-25T13:20:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Liping Zhang</name>
<email>zlpnobody@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-03-25T04:09:15+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 83d90219a5df8d950855ce73229a97b63605c317 ]

The nf_ct_helper_hash table is protected by nf_ct_helper_mutex, while
nfct_helper operation is protected by nfnl_lock(NFNL_SUBSYS_CTHELPER).
So it's possible that one CPU is walking the nf_ct_helper_hash for
cthelper add/get/del, another cpu is doing nf_conntrack_helpers_unregister
at the same time. This is dangrous, and may cause use after free error.

Note, delete operation will flush all cthelpers added via nfnetlink, so
using rcu to do protect is not easy.

Now introduce a dummy list to record all the cthelpers added via
nfnetlink, then we can walk the dummy list instead of walking the
nf_ct_helper_hash. Also, keep nfnl_cthelper_dump_table unchanged, it
may be invoked without nfnl_lock(NFNL_SUBSYS_CTHELPER) held.

Signed-off-by: Liping Zhang &lt;zlpnobody@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;alexander.levin@verizon.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 83d90219a5df8d950855ce73229a97b63605c317 ]

The nf_ct_helper_hash table is protected by nf_ct_helper_mutex, while
nfct_helper operation is protected by nfnl_lock(NFNL_SUBSYS_CTHELPER).
So it's possible that one CPU is walking the nf_ct_helper_hash for
cthelper add/get/del, another cpu is doing nf_conntrack_helpers_unregister
at the same time. This is dangrous, and may cause use after free error.

Note, delete operation will flush all cthelpers added via nfnetlink, so
using rcu to do protect is not easy.

Now introduce a dummy list to record all the cthelpers added via
nfnetlink, then we can walk the dummy list instead of walking the
nf_ct_helper_hash. Also, keep nfnl_cthelper_dump_table unchanged, it
may be invoked without nfnl_lock(NFNL_SUBSYS_CTHELPER) held.

Signed-off-by: Liping Zhang &lt;zlpnobody@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;alexander.levin@verizon.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>netfilter: nfnl_cthelper: Fix memory leak</title>
<updated>2017-12-25T13:20:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jeffy Chen</name>
<email>jeffy.chen@rock-chips.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-03-21T07:07:10+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit f83bf8da1135ca635aac8f062cad3f001fcf3a26 ]

We have memory leaks of nf_conntrack_helper &amp; expect_policy.

Signed-off-by: Jeffy Chen &lt;jeffy.chen@rock-chips.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;alexander.levin@verizon.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit f83bf8da1135ca635aac8f062cad3f001fcf3a26 ]

We have memory leaks of nf_conntrack_helper &amp; expect_policy.

Signed-off-by: Jeffy Chen &lt;jeffy.chen@rock-chips.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;alexander.levin@verizon.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>netfilter: nfnl_cthelper: fix runtime expectation policy updates</title>
<updated>2017-12-25T13:20:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Pablo Neira Ayuso</name>
<email>pablo@netfilter.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-03-21T12:32:37+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 2c422257550f123049552b39f7af6e3428a60f43 ]

We only allow runtime updates of expectation policies for timeout and
maximum number of expectations, otherwise reject the update.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Acked-by: Liping Zhang &lt;zlpnobody@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;alexander.levin@verizon.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 2c422257550f123049552b39f7af6e3428a60f43 ]

We only allow runtime updates of expectation policies for timeout and
maximum number of expectations, otherwise reject the update.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Acked-by: Liping Zhang &lt;zlpnobody@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;alexander.levin@verizon.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>netfilter: nf_tables: fix oob access</title>
<updated>2017-11-30T08:35:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Florian Westphal</name>
<email>fw@strlen.de</email>
</author>
<published>2016-12-13T12:59:33+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 3e38df136e453aa69eb4472108ebce2fb00b1ba6 ]

BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in nf_tables_rule_destroy+0xf1/0x130 at addr ffff88006a4c35c8
Read of size 8 by task nft/1607

When we've destroyed last valid expr, nft_expr_next() returns an invalid expr.
We must not dereference it unless it passes != nft_expr_last() check.

Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;alexander.levin@verizon.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 3e38df136e453aa69eb4472108ebce2fb00b1ba6 ]

BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in nf_tables_rule_destroy+0xf1/0x130 at addr ffff88006a4c35c8
Read of size 8 by task nft/1607

When we've destroyed last valid expr, nft_expr_next() returns an invalid expr.
We must not dereference it unless it passes != nft_expr_last() check.

Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;alexander.levin@verizon.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>netfilter: nft_queue: use raw_smp_processor_id()</title>
<updated>2017-11-30T08:35:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Pablo Neira Ayuso</name>
<email>pablo@netfilter.org</email>
</author>
<published>2016-12-11T19:46:51+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit c2e756ff9e699865d294cdc112acfc36419cf5cc ]

Using smp_processor_id() causes splats with PREEMPT_RCU:

[19379.552780] BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: ping/32389
[19379.552793] caller is debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x19
[...]
[19379.552823] Call Trace:
[19379.552832]  [&lt;ffffffff81274e9e&gt;] dump_stack+0x67/0x90
[19379.552837]  [&lt;ffffffff8129a4d4&gt;] check_preemption_disabled+0xe5/0xf5
[19379.552842]  [&lt;ffffffff8129a4fb&gt;] debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x19
[19379.552849]  [&lt;ffffffffa07c42dd&gt;] nft_queue_eval+0x35/0x20c [nft_queue]

No need to disable preemption since we only fetch the numeric value, so
let's use raw_smp_processor_id() instead.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;alexander.levin@verizon.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit c2e756ff9e699865d294cdc112acfc36419cf5cc ]

Using smp_processor_id() causes splats with PREEMPT_RCU:

[19379.552780] BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: ping/32389
[19379.552793] caller is debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x19
[...]
[19379.552823] Call Trace:
[19379.552832]  [&lt;ffffffff81274e9e&gt;] dump_stack+0x67/0x90
[19379.552837]  [&lt;ffffffff8129a4d4&gt;] check_preemption_disabled+0xe5/0xf5
[19379.552842]  [&lt;ffffffff8129a4fb&gt;] debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x19
[19379.552849]  [&lt;ffffffffa07c42dd&gt;] nft_queue_eval+0x35/0x20c [nft_queue]

No need to disable preemption since we only fetch the numeric value, so
let's use raw_smp_processor_id() instead.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;alexander.levin@verizon.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>netfilter: nf_ct_expect: Change __nf_ct_expect_check() return value.</title>
<updated>2017-10-21T15:07:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jarno Rajahalme</name>
<email>jarno@ovn.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-02-24T01:08:54+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 4b86c459c7bee3acaf92f0e2b4c6ac803eaa1a58 ]

Commit 4dee62b1b9b4 ("netfilter: nf_ct_expect: nf_ct_expect_insert()
returns void") inadvertently changed the successful return value of
nf_ct_expect_related_report() from 0 to 1 due to
__nf_ct_expect_check() returning 1 on success.  Prevent this
regression in the future by changing the return value of
__nf_ct_expect_check() to 0 on success.

Signed-off-by: Jarno Rajahalme &lt;jarno@ovn.org&gt;
Acked-by: Joe Stringer &lt;joe@ovn.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;alexander.levin@verizon.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 4b86c459c7bee3acaf92f0e2b4c6ac803eaa1a58 ]

Commit 4dee62b1b9b4 ("netfilter: nf_ct_expect: nf_ct_expect_insert()
returns void") inadvertently changed the successful return value of
nf_ct_expect_related_report() from 0 to 1 due to
__nf_ct_expect_check() returning 1 on success.  Prevent this
regression in the future by changing the return value of
__nf_ct_expect_check() to 0 on success.

Signed-off-by: Jarno Rajahalme &lt;jarno@ovn.org&gt;
Acked-by: Joe Stringer &lt;joe@ovn.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;alexander.levin@verizon.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>netfilter: nfnl_cthelper: fix incorrect helper-&gt;expect_class_max</title>
<updated>2017-10-08T08:11:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Liping Zhang</name>
<email>zlpnobody@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-03-19T14:35:59+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit ae5c682113f9f94cc5e76f92cf041ee624c173ee ]

The helper-&gt;expect_class_max must be set to the total number of
expect_policy minus 1, since we will use the statement "if (class &gt;
helper-&gt;expect_class_max)" to validate the CTA_EXPECT_CLASS attr in
ctnetlink_alloc_expect.

So for compatibility, set the helper-&gt;expect_class_max to the
NFCTH_POLICY_SET_NUM attr's value minus 1.

Also: it's invalid when the NFCTH_POLICY_SET_NUM attr's value is zero.
1. this will result "expect_policy = kzalloc(0, GFP_KERNEL);";
2. we cannot set the helper-&gt;expect_class_max to a proper value.

So if nla_get_be32(tb[NFCTH_POLICY_SET_NUM]) is zero, report -EINVAL to
the userspace.

Signed-off-by: Liping Zhang &lt;zlpnobody@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;alexander.levin@verizon.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit ae5c682113f9f94cc5e76f92cf041ee624c173ee ]

The helper-&gt;expect_class_max must be set to the total number of
expect_policy minus 1, since we will use the statement "if (class &gt;
helper-&gt;expect_class_max)" to validate the CTA_EXPECT_CLASS attr in
ctnetlink_alloc_expect.

So for compatibility, set the helper-&gt;expect_class_max to the
NFCTH_POLICY_SET_NUM attr's value minus 1.

Also: it's invalid when the NFCTH_POLICY_SET_NUM attr's value is zero.
1. this will result "expect_policy = kzalloc(0, GFP_KERNEL);";
2. we cannot set the helper-&gt;expect_class_max to a proper value.

So if nla_get_be32(tb[NFCTH_POLICY_SET_NUM]) is zero, report -EINVAL to
the userspace.

Signed-off-by: Liping Zhang &lt;zlpnobody@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;alexander.levin@verizon.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>netfilter: invoke synchronize_rcu after set the _hook_ to NULL</title>
<updated>2017-10-08T08:11:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Liping Zhang</name>
<email>zlpnobody@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-03-25T00:53:12+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 3b7dabf029478bb80507a6c4500ca94132a2bc0b ]

Otherwise, another CPU may access the invalid pointer. For example:
    CPU0                CPU1
     -              rcu_read_lock();
     -              pfunc = _hook_;
  _hook_ = NULL;          -
  mod unload              -
     -                 pfunc(); // invalid, panic
     -             rcu_read_unlock();

So we must call synchronize_rcu() to wait the rcu reader to finish.

Also note, in nf_nat_snmp_basic_fini, synchronize_rcu() will be invoked
by later nf_conntrack_helper_unregister, but I'm inclined to add a
explicit synchronize_rcu after set the nf_nat_snmp_hook to NULL. Depend
on such obscure assumptions is not a good idea.

Last, in nfnetlink_cttimeout, we use kfree_rcu to free the time object,
so in cttimeout_exit, invoking rcu_barrier() is not necessary at all,
remove it too.

Signed-off-by: Liping Zhang &lt;zlpnobody@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;alexander.levin@verizon.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 3b7dabf029478bb80507a6c4500ca94132a2bc0b ]

Otherwise, another CPU may access the invalid pointer. For example:
    CPU0                CPU1
     -              rcu_read_lock();
     -              pfunc = _hook_;
  _hook_ = NULL;          -
  mod unload              -
     -                 pfunc(); // invalid, panic
     -             rcu_read_unlock();

So we must call synchronize_rcu() to wait the rcu reader to finish.

Also note, in nf_nat_snmp_basic_fini, synchronize_rcu() will be invoked
by later nf_conntrack_helper_unregister, but I'm inclined to add a
explicit synchronize_rcu after set the nf_nat_snmp_hook to NULL. Depend
on such obscure assumptions is not a good idea.

Last, in nfnetlink_cttimeout, we use kfree_rcu to free the time object,
so in cttimeout_exit, invoking rcu_barrier() is not necessary at all,
remove it too.

Signed-off-by: Liping Zhang &lt;zlpnobody@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;alexander.levin@verizon.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>netfilter: nf_ct_ext: fix possible panic after nf_ct_extend_unregister</title>
<updated>2017-08-25T00:00:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Liping Zhang</name>
<email>zlpnobody@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-03-25T08:35:29+00:00</published>
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commit 9c3f3794926a997b1cab6c42480ff300efa2d162 upstream.

If one cpu is doing nf_ct_extend_unregister while another cpu is doing
__nf_ct_ext_add_length, then we may hit BUG_ON(t == NULL). Moreover,
there's no synchronize_rcu invocation after set nf_ct_ext_types[id] to
NULL, so it's possible that we may access invalid pointer.

But actually, most of the ct extends are built-in, so the problem listed
above will not happen. However, there are two exceptions: NF_CT_EXT_NAT
and NF_CT_EXT_SYNPROXY.

For _EXT_NAT, the panic will not happen, since adding the nat extend and
unregistering the nat extend are located in the same file(nf_nat_core.c),
this means that after the nat module is removed, we cannot add the nat
extend too.

For _EXT_SYNPROXY, synproxy extend may be added by init_conntrack, while
synproxy extend unregister will be done by synproxy_core_exit. So after
nf_synproxy_core.ko is removed, we may still try to add the synproxy
extend, then kernel panic may happen.

I know it's very hard to reproduce this issue, but I can play a tricky
game to make it happen very easily :)

Step 1. Enable SYNPROXY for tcp dport 1234 at FORWARD hook:
  # iptables -I FORWARD -p tcp --dport 1234 -j SYNPROXY
Step 2. Queue the syn packet to the userspace at raw table OUTPUT hook.
        Also note, in the userspace we only add a 20s' delay, then
        reinject the syn packet to the kernel:
  # iptables -t raw -I OUTPUT -p tcp --syn -j NFQUEUE --queue-num 1
Step 3. Using "nc 2.2.2.2 1234" to connect the server.
Step 4. Now remove the nf_synproxy_core.ko quickly:
  # iptables -F FORWARD
  # rmmod ipt_SYNPROXY
  # rmmod nf_synproxy_core
Step 5. After 20s' delay, the syn packet is reinjected to the kernel.

Now you will see the panic like this:
  kernel BUG at net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_extend.c:91!
  Call Trace:
   ? __nf_ct_ext_add_length+0x53/0x3c0 [nf_conntrack]
   init_conntrack+0x12b/0x600 [nf_conntrack]
   nf_conntrack_in+0x4cc/0x580 [nf_conntrack]
   ipv4_conntrack_local+0x48/0x50 [nf_conntrack_ipv4]
   nf_reinject+0x104/0x270
   nfqnl_recv_verdict+0x3e1/0x5f9 [nfnetlink_queue]
   ? nfqnl_recv_verdict+0x5/0x5f9 [nfnetlink_queue]
   ? nla_parse+0xa0/0x100
   nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x175/0x6a9 [nfnetlink]
   [...]

One possible solution is to make NF_CT_EXT_SYNPROXY extend built-in, i.e.
introduce nf_conntrack_synproxy.c and only do ct extend register and
unregister in it, similar to nf_conntrack_timeout.c.

But having such a obscure restriction of nf_ct_extend_unregister is not a
good idea, so we should invoke synchronize_rcu after set nf_ct_ext_types
to NULL, and check the NULL pointer when do __nf_ct_ext_add_length. Then
it will be easier if we add new ct extend in the future.

Last, we use kfree_rcu to free nf_ct_ext, so rcu_barrier() is unnecessary
anymore, remove it too.

Signed-off-by: Liping Zhang &lt;zlpnobody@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Cc: Stefan Bader &lt;stefan.bader@canonical.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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commit 9c3f3794926a997b1cab6c42480ff300efa2d162 upstream.

If one cpu is doing nf_ct_extend_unregister while another cpu is doing
__nf_ct_ext_add_length, then we may hit BUG_ON(t == NULL). Moreover,
there's no synchronize_rcu invocation after set nf_ct_ext_types[id] to
NULL, so it's possible that we may access invalid pointer.

But actually, most of the ct extends are built-in, so the problem listed
above will not happen. However, there are two exceptions: NF_CT_EXT_NAT
and NF_CT_EXT_SYNPROXY.

For _EXT_NAT, the panic will not happen, since adding the nat extend and
unregistering the nat extend are located in the same file(nf_nat_core.c),
this means that after the nat module is removed, we cannot add the nat
extend too.

For _EXT_SYNPROXY, synproxy extend may be added by init_conntrack, while
synproxy extend unregister will be done by synproxy_core_exit. So after
nf_synproxy_core.ko is removed, we may still try to add the synproxy
extend, then kernel panic may happen.

I know it's very hard to reproduce this issue, but I can play a tricky
game to make it happen very easily :)

Step 1. Enable SYNPROXY for tcp dport 1234 at FORWARD hook:
  # iptables -I FORWARD -p tcp --dport 1234 -j SYNPROXY
Step 2. Queue the syn packet to the userspace at raw table OUTPUT hook.
        Also note, in the userspace we only add a 20s' delay, then
        reinject the syn packet to the kernel:
  # iptables -t raw -I OUTPUT -p tcp --syn -j NFQUEUE --queue-num 1
Step 3. Using "nc 2.2.2.2 1234" to connect the server.
Step 4. Now remove the nf_synproxy_core.ko quickly:
  # iptables -F FORWARD
  # rmmod ipt_SYNPROXY
  # rmmod nf_synproxy_core
Step 5. After 20s' delay, the syn packet is reinjected to the kernel.

Now you will see the panic like this:
  kernel BUG at net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_extend.c:91!
  Call Trace:
   ? __nf_ct_ext_add_length+0x53/0x3c0 [nf_conntrack]
   init_conntrack+0x12b/0x600 [nf_conntrack]
   nf_conntrack_in+0x4cc/0x580 [nf_conntrack]
   ipv4_conntrack_local+0x48/0x50 [nf_conntrack_ipv4]
   nf_reinject+0x104/0x270
   nfqnl_recv_verdict+0x3e1/0x5f9 [nfnetlink_queue]
   ? nfqnl_recv_verdict+0x5/0x5f9 [nfnetlink_queue]
   ? nla_parse+0xa0/0x100
   nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x175/0x6a9 [nfnetlink]
   [...]

One possible solution is to make NF_CT_EXT_SYNPROXY extend built-in, i.e.
introduce nf_conntrack_synproxy.c and only do ct extend register and
unregister in it, similar to nf_conntrack_timeout.c.

But having such a obscure restriction of nf_ct_extend_unregister is not a
good idea, so we should invoke synchronize_rcu after set nf_ct_ext_types
to NULL, and check the NULL pointer when do __nf_ct_ext_add_length. Then
it will be easier if we add new ct extend in the future.

Last, we use kfree_rcu to free nf_ct_ext, so rcu_barrier() is unnecessary
anymore, remove it too.

Signed-off-by: Liping Zhang &lt;zlpnobody@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso &lt;pablo@netfilter.org&gt;
Cc: Stefan Bader &lt;stefan.bader@canonical.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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<title>netfilter: synproxy: fix conntrackd interaction</title>
<updated>2017-07-05T12:35:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Leblond</name>
<email>eric@regit.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-05-11T16:56:38+00:00</published>
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commit 87e94dbc210a720a34be5c1174faee5c84be963e upstream.

This patch fixes the creation of connection tracking entry from
netlink when synproxy is used. It was missing the addition of
the synproxy extension.

This was causing kernel crashes when a conntrack entry created by
conntrackd was used after the switch of traffic from active node
to the passive node.

Signed-off-by: Eric Leblond &lt;eric@regit.org&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 87e94dbc210a720a34be5c1174faee5c84be963e upstream.

This patch fixes the creation of connection tracking entry from
netlink when synproxy is used. It was missing the addition of
the synproxy extension.

This was causing kernel crashes when a conntrack entry created by
conntrackd was used after the switch of traffic from active node
to the passive node.

Signed-off-by: Eric Leblond &lt;eric@regit.org&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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