linux.git/net/netfilter/xt_LOG.c, branch v7.0

netfilter: log: work around missing softdep backend module

2021-09-21T01:46:56+00:00

iptables/nftables has two types of log modules:

1. backend, e.g. nf_log_syslog, which implement the functionality
2. frontend, e.g. xt_LOG or nft_log, which call the functionality
   provided by backend based on nf_tables or xtables rule set.

Problem is that the request_module() call to load the backed in
nf_logger_find_get() might happen with nftables transaction mutex held
in case the call path is via nf_tables/nft_compat.

This can cause deadlocks (see 'Fixes' tags for details).

The chosen solution as to let modprobe deal with this by adding 'pre: '
soft dep tag to xt_LOG (to load the syslog backend) and xt_NFLOG (to
load nflog backend).

Eric reports that this breaks on systems with older modprobe that
doesn't support softdeps.

Another, similar issue occurs when someone either insmods xt_(NF)LOG
directly or unloads the backend module (possible if no log frontend
is in use): because the frontend module is already loaded, modprobe is
not invoked again so the softdep isn't evaluated.

Add a workaround: If nf_logger_find_get() returns -ENOENT and call
is not via nft_compat, load the backend explicitly and try again.

Else, let nft_compat ask for deferred request_module via nf_tables
infra.

Softdeps are kept in-place, so with newer modprobe the dependencies
are resolved from userspace.

Fixes: cefa31a9d461 ("netfilter: nft_log: perform module load from nf_tables")
Fixes: a38b5b56d6f4 ("netfilter: nf_log: add module softdeps")
Reported-and-tested-by: Eric Dumazet 
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal 
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso

netfilter: nf_log: add module softdeps

2021-03-31T20:34:10+00:00

xt_LOG has no direct dependency on the syslog-based logger, it relies
on the nf_log core to probe the requested backend.

Now that all syslog-based loggers reside in the same module, we can
just add a soft dependency on nf_log_syslog and let modprobe take
care of it.

Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal 
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso

treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 500

2019-06-19T15:09:55+00:00

Based on 2 normalized pattern(s):

  this program is free software you can redistribute it and or modify
  it under the terms of the gnu general public license version 2 as
  published by the free software foundation

  this program is free software you can redistribute it and or modify
  it under the terms of the gnu general public license version 2 as
  published by the free software foundation #

extracted by the scancode license scanner the SPDX license identifier

  GPL-2.0-only

has been chosen to replace the boilerplate/reference in 4122 file(s).

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner 
Reviewed-by: Enrico Weigelt 
Reviewed-by: Kate Stewart 
Reviewed-by: Allison Randal 
Cc: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190604081206.933168790@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

netfilter: x_tables: move hook state into xt_action_param structure

2016-11-03T09:56:21+00:00

Place pointer to hook state in xt_action_param structure instead of
copying the fields that we need. After this change xt_action_param fits
into one cacheline.

This patch also adds a set of new wrapper functions to fetch relevant
hook state structure fields.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso

netfilter: x_tables: Use par->net instead of computing from the passed net devices

2015-09-18T19:58:25+00:00

Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" 
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso

netfilter: xt_LOG: add missing string format in nf_log_packet()

2014-06-28T16:50:35+00:00

   net/netfilter/xt_LOG.c: In function 'log_tg':
>> net/netfilter/xt_LOG.c:43: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments

Fixes: fab4085 ("netfilter: log: nf_log_packet() as real unified interface")
Reported-by: Fengguang Wu 
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso

netfilter: log: nf_log_packet() as real unified interface

2014-06-27T11:20:13+00:00

Before this patch, the nf_loginfo parameter specified the logging
configuration in case the specified default logger was loaded. This
patch updates the semantics of the nf_loginfo parameter in
nf_log_packet() which now indicates the logger that you explicitly
want to use.

Thus, nf_log_packet() is exposed as an unified interface which
internally routes the log message to the corresponding logger type
by family.

The module dependencies are expressed by the new nf_logger_find_get()
and nf_logger_put() functions which bump the logger module refcount.
Thus, you can not remove logger modules that are used by rules anymore.

Another important effect of this change is that the family specific
module is only loaded when required. Therefore, xt_LOG and nft_log
will just trigger the autoload of the nf_log_{ip,ip6} modules
according to the family.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso

netfilter: log: split family specific code to nf_log_{ip,ip6,common}.c files

2014-06-27T11:19:59+00:00

The plain text logging is currently embedded into the xt_LOG target.
In order to be able to use the plain text logging from nft_log, as a
first step, this patch moves the family specific code to the following
files and Kconfig symbols:

1) net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_log_ip.c: CONFIG_NF_LOG_IPV4
2) net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_log_ip6.c: CONFIG_NF_LOG_IPV6
3) net/netfilter/nf_log_common.c: CONFIG_NF_LOG_COMMON

These new modules will be required by xt_LOG and nft_log. This patch
is based on original patch from Arturo Borrero Gonzalez.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso

netfilter: nf_log: move log buffering to core logging

2014-06-25T17:28:43+00:00

This patch moves Eric Dumazet's log buffer implementation from the
xt_log.h header file to the core net/netfilter/nf_log.c. This also
includes the renaming of the structure and functions to avoid possible
undesired namespace clashes.

This change allows us to use it from the arp and bridge packet logging
implementation in follow up patches.

netfilter: nf_log: use an array of loggers instead of list

2014-06-25T17:28:43+00:00

Now that legacy ulog targets are not available anymore in the tree, we
can have up to two possible loggers:

1) The plain text logging via kernel logging ring.
2) The nfnetlink_log infrastructure which delivers log messages
   to userspace.

This patch replaces the list of loggers by an array of two pointers
per family for each possible logger and it also introduces a new field
to the nf_logger structure which indicates the position in the logger
array (based on the logger type).

This prepares a follow up patch that consolidates the nf_log_packet()
interface by allowing to specify the logger as parameter.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso