[net,3/3] netfilter: nf_tables: do not defer rule destruction via call_rcu

Commit Message

Pablo Neira Ayuso Dec. 11, 2024, 11:01 p.m. UTC

From: Florian Westphal <[e-mail]>

nf_tables_chain_destroy can sleep, it can't be used from call_rcu
callbacks.

Moreover, nf_tables_rule_release() is only safe for error unwinding,
while transaction mutex is held and the to-be-desroyed rule was not
exposed to either dataplane or dumps, as it deactives+frees without
the required synchronize_rcu() in-between.

nft_rule_expr_deactivate() callbacks will change ->use counters
of other chains/sets, see e.g. nft_lookup .deactivate callback, these
must be serialized via transaction mutex.

Also add a few lockdep asserts to make this more explicit.

Calling synchronize_rcu() isn't ideal, but fixing this without is hard
and way more intrusive.  As-is, we can get:

WARNING: .. net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:5515 nft_set_destroy+0x..
Workqueue: events nf_tables_trans_destroy_work
RIP: 0010:nft_set_destroy+0x3fe/0x5c0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 nf_tables_trans_destroy_work+0x6b7/0xad0
 process_one_work+0x64a/0xce0
 worker_thread+0x613/0x10d0

In case the synchronize_rcu becomes an issue, we can explore alternatives.

One way would be to allocate nft_trans_rule objects + one nft_trans_chain
object, deactivate the rules + the chain and then defer the freeing to the
nft destroy workqueue.  We'd still need to keep the synchronize_rcu path as
a fallback to handle -ENOMEM corner cases though.

Reported-by: [e-mail]
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[e-mail]/T/
Fixes: c03d278fdf35 ("netfilter: nf_tables: wait for rcu grace period on net_device removal")
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <[e-mail]>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <[e-mail]>
---
 include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h |  4 ----
 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c     | 32 +++++++++++++++----------------
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

Patch

diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index 80a537ac26cd..4afa64c81304 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -1103,7 +1103,6 @@  struct nft_rule_blob {
  *	@name: name of the chain
  *	@udlen: user data length
  *	@udata: user data in the chain
- *	@rcu_head: rcu head for deferred release
  *	@blob_next: rule blob pointer to the next in the chain
  */
 struct nft_chain {
@@ -1121,7 +1120,6 @@  struct nft_chain {
 	char				*name;
 	u16				udlen;
 	u8				*udata;
-	struct rcu_head			rcu_head;
 
 	/* Only used during control plane commit phase: */
 	struct nft_rule_blob		*blob_next;
@@ -1265,7 +1263,6 @@  static inline void nft_use_inc_restore(u32 *use)
  *	@sets: sets in the table
  *	@objects: stateful objects in the table
  *	@flowtables: flow tables in the table
- *	@net: netnamespace this table belongs to
  *	@hgenerator: handle generator state
  *	@handle: table handle
  *	@use: number of chain references to this table
@@ -1285,7 +1282,6 @@  struct nft_table {
 	struct list_head		sets;
 	struct list_head		objects;
 	struct list_head		flowtables;
-	possible_net_t			net;
 	u64				hgenerator;
 	u64				handle;
 	u32				use;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 21b6f7410a1f..0b9f1e8dfe49 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -1596,7 +1596,6 @@  static int nf_tables_newtable(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nfnl_info *info,
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&table->sets);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&table->objects);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&table->flowtables);
-	write_pnet(&table->net, net);
 	table->family = family;
 	table->flags = flags;
 	table->handle = ++nft_net->table_handle;
@@ -3987,8 +3986,11 @@  void nf_tables_rule_destroy(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_rule *rule)
 	kfree(rule);
 }
 
+/* can only be used if rule is no longer visible to dumps */
 static void nf_tables_rule_release(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_rule *rule)
 {
+	lockdep_commit_lock_is_held(ctx->net);
+
 	nft_rule_expr_deactivate(ctx, rule, NFT_TRANS_RELEASE);
 	nf_tables_rule_destroy(ctx, rule);
 }
@@ -5757,6 +5759,8 @@  void nf_tables_deactivate_set(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_set *set,
 			      struct nft_set_binding *binding,
 			      enum nft_trans_phase phase)
 {
+	lockdep_commit_lock_is_held(ctx->net);
+
 	switch (phase) {
 	case NFT_TRANS_PREPARE_ERROR:
 		nft_set_trans_unbind(ctx, set);
@@ -11695,19 +11699,6 @@  static void __nft_release_basechain_now(struct nft_ctx *ctx)
 	nf_tables_chain_destroy(ctx->chain);
 }
 
-static void nft_release_basechain_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
-{
-	struct nft_chain *chain = container_of(head, struct nft_chain, rcu_head);
-	struct nft_ctx ctx = {
-		.family	= chain->table->family,
-		.chain	= chain,
-		.net	= read_pnet(&chain->table->net),
-	};
-
-	__nft_release_basechain_now(&ctx);
-	put_net(ctx.net);
-}
-
 int __nft_release_basechain(struct nft_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	struct nft_rule *rule;
@@ -11722,11 +11713,18 @@  int __nft_release_basechain(struct nft_ctx *ctx)
 	nft_chain_del(ctx->chain);
 	nft_use_dec(&ctx->table->use);
 
-	if (maybe_get_net(ctx->net))
-		call_rcu(&ctx->chain->rcu_head, nft_release_basechain_rcu);
-	else
+	if (!maybe_get_net(ctx->net)) {
 		__nft_release_basechain_now(ctx);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* wait for ruleset dumps to complete.  Owning chain is no longer in
+	 * lists, so new dumps can't find any of these rules anymore.
+	 */
+	synchronize_rcu();
 
+	__nft_release_basechain_now(ctx);
+	put_net(ctx->net);
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__nft_release_basechain);