Commit 9c3f3794 authored by Liping Zhang's avatar Liping Zhang Committed by Pablo Neira Ayuso

netfilter: nf_ct_ext: fix possible panic after nf_ct_extend_unregister

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: default avatarLiping Zhang <zlpnobody@gmail.com>
Acked-by: default avatarFlorian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
parent 83d90219
...@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@ nf_ct_ext_create(struct nf_ct_ext **ext, enum nf_ct_ext_id id, ...@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@ nf_ct_ext_create(struct nf_ct_ext **ext, enum nf_ct_ext_id id,
rcu_read_lock(); rcu_read_lock();
t = rcu_dereference(nf_ct_ext_types[id]); t = rcu_dereference(nf_ct_ext_types[id]);
BUG_ON(t == NULL); if (!t) {
rcu_read_unlock();
return NULL;
}
off = ALIGN(sizeof(struct nf_ct_ext), t->align); off = ALIGN(sizeof(struct nf_ct_ext), t->align);
len = off + t->len + var_alloc_len; len = off + t->len + var_alloc_len;
alloc_size = t->alloc_size + var_alloc_len; alloc_size = t->alloc_size + var_alloc_len;
...@@ -88,7 +92,10 @@ void *__nf_ct_ext_add_length(struct nf_conn *ct, enum nf_ct_ext_id id, ...@@ -88,7 +92,10 @@ void *__nf_ct_ext_add_length(struct nf_conn *ct, enum nf_ct_ext_id id,
rcu_read_lock(); rcu_read_lock();
t = rcu_dereference(nf_ct_ext_types[id]); t = rcu_dereference(nf_ct_ext_types[id]);
BUG_ON(t == NULL); if (!t) {
rcu_read_unlock();
return NULL;
}
newoff = ALIGN(old->len, t->align); newoff = ALIGN(old->len, t->align);
newlen = newoff + t->len + var_alloc_len; newlen = newoff + t->len + var_alloc_len;
...@@ -175,6 +182,6 @@ void nf_ct_extend_unregister(struct nf_ct_ext_type *type) ...@@ -175,6 +182,6 @@ void nf_ct_extend_unregister(struct nf_ct_ext_type *type)
RCU_INIT_POINTER(nf_ct_ext_types[type->id], NULL); RCU_INIT_POINTER(nf_ct_ext_types[type->id], NULL);
update_alloc_size(type); update_alloc_size(type);
mutex_unlock(&nf_ct_ext_type_mutex); mutex_unlock(&nf_ct_ext_type_mutex);
rcu_barrier(); /* Wait for completion of call_rcu()'s */ synchronize_rcu();
} }
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_ct_extend_unregister); EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_ct_extend_unregister);
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