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[PATCH net] netfilter: ipset: list:set: defer ip_set_put_byindex to RCU callback

From: Cen Zhang (Microsoft) <hidden>
Date: 2026-08-20 01:06:20
Also in: lkml, netfilter-devel
Subsystem: netfilter, networking [general], the rest · Maintainers: Pablo Neira Ayuso, Florian Westphal, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds

list_set_del() and list_set_replace() call ip_set_put_byindex() before
call_rcu(), dropping the child set refcount to zero. Meanwhile,
list_set_ktest() on another CPU may have already read e->id under
rcu_read_lock(). A concurrent ip_set_destroy() sees refcount zero,
NULLs ip_set_list[index], and frees the child set. list_set_ktest()
then passes the now-dangling index to ip_set_test(), ip_set_rcu_get()
returns NULL, and BUG_ON(!set) fires at ip_set_core.c:746.

 kernel BUG at net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c:746!
   ip_set_test+0x329/0x590
   list_set_kadt+0x2a6/0x810
   ip_set_test+0x24f/0x590
   set_match_v1+0x1a9/0x280
   ipt_do_table+0x83d/0x1360
   nf_hook_slow+0xac/0x1e0

Move ip_set_put_byindex() from list_set_del()/list_set_replace() into
the __list_set_del_rcu() callback so the refcount is not decremented
until all RCU readers have finished.

Fixes: 439cd39ea136 ("netfilter: ipset: list:set: Decrease refcount synchronously on deletion and replace")
Reported-by: AutonomousCodeSecurity@microsoft.com
Reported-by: Xiang Mei (Microsoft) <redacted>
Reported-by: Cen Zhang (Microsoft) <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Cen Zhang (Microsoft) <redacted>
---
 net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_list_set.c | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_list_set.c b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_list_set.c
index f070088742d6..aeee0c6c314d 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_list_set.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_list_set.c
@@ -144,7 +144,9 @@ __list_set_del_rcu(struct rcu_head * rcu)
 {
 	struct set_elem *e = container_of(rcu, struct set_elem, rcu);
 	struct ip_set *set = e->set;
+	struct list_set *map = set->data;
 
+	ip_set_put_byindex(map->net, e->id);
 	ip_set_ext_destroy(set, e);
 	kfree(e);
 }
@@ -152,21 +154,15 @@ __list_set_del_rcu(struct rcu_head * rcu)
 static void
 list_set_del(struct ip_set *set, struct set_elem *e)
 {
-	struct list_set *map = set->data;
-
 	set->elements--;
 	list_del_rcu(&e->list);
-	ip_set_put_byindex(map->net, e->id);
 	call_rcu(&e->rcu, __list_set_del_rcu);
 }
 
 static void
 list_set_replace(struct ip_set *set, struct set_elem *e, struct set_elem *old)
 {
-	struct list_set *map = set->data;
-
 	list_replace_rcu(&old->list, &e->list);
-	ip_set_put_byindex(map->net, old->id);
 	call_rcu(&old->rcu, __list_set_del_rcu);
 }
 
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