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authorLiping Zhang <liping.zhang@spreadtrum.com>2016-07-03 07:18:43 +0200
committerPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>2016-07-11 11:38:57 +0200
commit64b87639c9cbeb03e26bc65528416c961b1dde96 (patch)
tree2afc50f1b43b66f37f5fd07c3deefff94c960302 /include/net
parentMerge tag 'mac80211-next-for-davem-2016-07-06' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/sc... (diff)
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netfilter: conntrack: fix race between nf_conntrack proc read and hash resize
When we do "cat /proc/net/nf_conntrack", and meanwhile resize the conntrack hash table via /sys/module/nf_conntrack/parameters/hashsize, race will happen, because reader can observe a newly allocated hash but the old size (or vice versa). So oops will happen like follows: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000017 IP: [<ffffffffa0418e21>] seq_print_acct+0x11/0x50 [nf_conntrack] Call Trace: [<ffffffffa0412f4e>] ? ct_seq_show+0x14e/0x340 [nf_conntrack] [<ffffffff81261a1c>] seq_read+0x2cc/0x390 [<ffffffff812a8d62>] proc_reg_read+0x42/0x70 [<ffffffff8123bee7>] __vfs_read+0x37/0x130 [<ffffffff81347980>] ? security_file_permission+0xa0/0xc0 [<ffffffff8123cf75>] vfs_read+0x95/0x140 [<ffffffff8123e475>] SyS_read+0x55/0xc0 [<ffffffff817c2572>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x1a/0xa4 It is very easy to reproduce this kernel crash. 1. open one shell and input the following cmds: while : ; do echo $RANDOM > /sys/module/nf_conntrack/parameters/hashsize done 2. open more shells and input the following cmds: while : ; do cat /proc/net/nf_conntrack done 3. just wait a monent, oops will happen soon. The solution in this patch is based on Florian's Commit 5e3c61f98175 ("netfilter: conntrack: fix lookup race during hash resize"). And add a wrapper function nf_conntrack_get_ht to get hash and hsize suggested by Florian Westphal. Signed-off-by: Liping Zhang <liping.zhang@spreadtrum.com> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net')
-rw-r--r--include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.h2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.h
index 3e2f3328945c..79d7ac5c9740 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.h
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ bool nf_ct_invert_tuple(struct nf_conntrack_tuple *inverse,
const struct nf_conntrack_l3proto *l3proto,
const struct nf_conntrack_l4proto *l4proto);
+void nf_conntrack_get_ht(struct hlist_nulls_head **hash, unsigned int *hsize);
+
/* Find a connection corresponding to a tuple. */
struct nf_conntrack_tuple_hash *
nf_conntrack_find_get(struct net *net,