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[PATCH net-next 09/11] netfilter: nfnetlink: Fix for interrupted hook dumps

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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Date: 2026-09-27 22:34:53
Also in: 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

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From: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>

Handling of concurrent hook changes with a dump in progress was
problematic in nfnl_hook_dump and entirely broken in nfnl_hook_dump_nat.
Address all issues in a single patch to please the review LLM.

Introduce sequence numbers in struct netns_nf to replace pointer
value-based modification detection which may fail due to memory buffer
reuse. This also eliminates the need for most manual cb->seq updates and
excessive array index value checks.

Since nat hook updates are protected by a different mutex than others,
they have to bump their own sequence number. nfnl_hook_dump_nat
therefore open-codes what nl_dump_check_consistent does but bumps
cb->seq instead of setting NLM_F_DUMP_INTR flag.

Dumps of many nat hooks was entirely broken since the array index was
not (re)stored. Use cb->args[1] for that and make sure it is reset upon
completion as the same dump may loop over multiple arrays of nat hooks.

In nfnl_hook_dump, don't signal NLM_F_DUMP_INTR if
nfnl_hook_entries_head returns error: This is a permanent condition
which does not change during a dump. It is already caught by
nfnl_hook_dump_start though, so should not happen anyway.

In general, access ops array pointer values using READ_ONCE since they
are assigned to using WRITE_ONCE.

Avoid setting NLM_F_DUMP_INTR flag in garbage memory by calling
nl_dump_check_consistent only for non-empty skbs. If not a single
netlink message was created, nfnetlink code will take care of setting
the flag.

Fixes: e2cf17d3774c ("netfilter: add new hook nfnl subsystem")
Fixes: b010e2a4a9ac ("netfilter: nfnetlink_hook: Dump nat type chains")
Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
 include/net/netns/netfilter.h  |  2 +
 net/netfilter/core.c           | 18 ++++++++-
 net/netfilter/nf_nat_core.c    | 11 +++++
 net/netfilter/nfnetlink_hook.c | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 4 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/net/netns/netfilter.h b/include/net/netns/netfilter.h
index a6a0bf4a247e..7fd78394d1e7 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/netfilter.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/netfilter.h
@@ -33,5 +33,7 @@ struct netns_nf {
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NF_DEFRAG_IPV6)
 	unsigned int defrag_ipv6_users;
 #endif
+	unsigned int hook_base_seq;
+	unsigned int nat_hook_base_seq;
 };
 #endif
diff --git a/net/netfilter/core.c b/net/netfilter/core.c
index 675a1034b340..940dea2663e9 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/core.c
@@ -386,6 +386,15 @@ static void nf_static_key_dec(const struct nf_hook_ops *reg, int pf)
 #endif
 }
 
+static void bump_hook_base_seq(struct net *net)
+{
+	unsigned int base_seq = READ_ONCE(net->nf.hook_base_seq);
+
+	while (++base_seq == 0)
+		;
+	smp_store_release(&net->nf.hook_base_seq, base_seq);
+}
+
 static int __nf_register_net_hook(struct net *net, int pf,
 				  const struct nf_hook_ops *reg)
 {
@@ -430,6 +439,7 @@ static int __nf_register_net_hook(struct net *net, int pf,
 	if (!IS_ERR(new_hooks)) {
 		hooks_validate(new_hooks);
 		rcu_assign_pointer(*pp, new_hooks);
+		bump_hook_base_seq(net);
 	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&nf_hook_mutex);
@@ -483,6 +493,7 @@ static void __nf_unregister_net_hook(struct net *net, int pf,
 {
 	struct nf_hook_entries __rcu **pp;
 	struct nf_hook_entries *p;
+	bool found;
 
 	pp = nf_hook_entry_head(net, pf, reg->hooknum, reg->dev);
 	if (!pp)
@@ -496,7 +507,8 @@ static void __nf_unregister_net_hook(struct net *net, int pf,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (nf_remove_net_hook(p, reg)) {
+	found = nf_remove_net_hook(p, reg);
+	if (found) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NETFILTER_INGRESS
 		if (nf_ingress_hook(reg, pf))
 			net_dec_ingress_queue();
@@ -511,6 +523,8 @@ static void __nf_unregister_net_hook(struct net *net, int pf,
 	}
 
 	p = __nf_hook_entries_try_shrink(p, pp);
+	if (found)
+		bump_hook_base_seq(net);
 	mutex_unlock(&nf_hook_mutex);
 	if (!p)
 		return;
@@ -784,6 +798,8 @@ static int __net_init netfilter_net_init(struct net *net)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 #endif
+	net->nf.hook_base_seq = 1;
+	net->nf.nat_hook_base_seq = 1;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_nat_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_nat_core.c
index 84f82957e66b..5ddd5fc95b24 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_nat_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_nat_core.c
@@ -1160,6 +1160,15 @@ nfnetlink_parse_nat_setup(struct nf_conn *ct,
 }
 #endif
 
+static void bump_nat_hook_base_seq(struct net *net)
+{
+	unsigned int base_seq = READ_ONCE(net->nf.nat_hook_base_seq);
+
+	while (++base_seq == 0)
+		;
+	smp_store_release(&net->nf.nat_hook_base_seq, base_seq);
+}
+
 static struct nf_ct_helper_expectfn follow_master_nat = {
 	.name		= "nat-follow-master",
 	.expectfn	= nf_nat_follow_master,
@@ -1245,6 +1254,7 @@ int nf_nat_register_fn(struct net *net, u8 pf, const struct nf_hook_ops *ops,
 		nat_proto_net->nat_hook_ops = nat_ops;
 
 	nat_proto_net->users++;
+	bump_nat_hook_base_seq(net);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&nf_nat_proto_mutex);
 
@@ -1299,6 +1309,7 @@ void nf_nat_unregister_fn(struct net *net, u8 pf, const struct nf_hook_ops *ops,
 		goto unlock;
 	priv = nat_ops[hooknum].priv;
 	nf_hook_entries_delete_raw(&priv->entries, ops);
+	bump_nat_hook_base_seq(net);
 
 	if (nat_proto_net->users == 0) {
 		nf_unregister_net_hooks(net, nat_ops, ops_count);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_hook.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_hook.c
index 95005e9a6066..b05fd79397c5 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_hook.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_hook.c
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ static int nf_netlink_dump_start_rcu(struct sock *nlsk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 struct nfnl_dump_hook_data {
 	char devname[IFNAMSIZ];
-	unsigned long headv;
 	u8 hook;
 };
 
@@ -338,27 +337,47 @@ nfnl_hook_entries_head(u8 pf, unsigned int hook, struct net *net, const char *de
 }
 
 static int nfnl_hook_dump_nat(struct sk_buff *nlskb,
-			      const struct nfnl_dump_hook_data *ctx,
-			      const struct nf_hook_ops *ops,
-			      int family, unsigned int seq)
+			      struct netlink_callback *cb,
+			      const struct nf_hook_ops *ops, int family)
 {
 	struct nf_nat_lookup_hook_priv *priv = ops->priv;
-	struct nf_hook_entries *e = rcu_dereference(priv->entries);
+	struct nfnl_dump_hook_data *ctx = cb->data;
+	struct net *net = sock_net(nlskb->sk);
 	struct nf_hook_ops **nat_ops;
-	int i, err;
+	unsigned int i = cb->args[1];
+	struct nf_hook_entries *e;
+	unsigned int base_seq;
+	int err = 0;
 
+	base_seq = smp_load_acquire(&net->nf.nat_hook_base_seq);
+
+	e = rcu_dereference(priv->entries);
 	if (!e)
-		return 0;
+		goto out;
 
 	nat_ops = nf_hook_entries_get_hook_ops(e);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < e->num_hook_entries; i++) {
-		err = nfnl_hook_dump_one(nlskb, ctx, nat_ops[i],
-					 ops->priority, family, seq);
+	for (; i < e->num_hook_entries; i++) {
+		err = nfnl_hook_dump_one(nlskb, ctx,
+					 READ_ONCE(nat_ops[i]),
+					 ops->priority, family,
+					 cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq);
 		if (err)
-			return err;
+			break;
+
 	}
-	return 0;
+out:
+	if (!err)
+		i = 0;
+	cb->args[1] = i;
+
+	if (cb->args[2] && base_seq != cb->args[2]) {
+		cb->seq++;
+		err = -EINTR;
+	}
+	cb->args[2] = base_seq;
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int nfnl_hook_dump(struct sk_buff *nlskb,
@@ -373,35 +392,31 @@ static int nfnl_hook_dump(struct sk_buff *nlskb,
 	unsigned int i = cb->args[0];
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
+	cb->seq = smp_load_acquire(&net->nf.hook_base_seq);
 
 	e = nfnl_hook_entries_head(family, ctx->hook, net, ctx->devname);
-	if (!e)
+	if (!e || IS_ERR(e))
 		goto done;
 
-	if (IS_ERR(e)) {
-		cb->seq++;
-		goto done;
-	}
-
-	if ((unsigned long)e != ctx->headv || i >= e->num_hook_entries)
-		cb->seq++;
-
 	ops = nf_hook_entries_get_hook_ops(e);
 
 	for (; i < e->num_hook_entries; i++) {
-		if (ops[i]->hook_ops_type == NF_HOOK_OP_NAT)
-			err = nfnl_hook_dump_nat(nlskb, ctx, ops[i], family,
-						 cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq);
-		else
-			err = nfnl_hook_dump_one(nlskb, ctx, ops[i],
-						 ops[i]->priority, family,
+		const struct nf_hook_ops *cur = READ_ONCE(ops[i]);
+
+		if (cur->hook_ops_type == NF_HOOK_OP_NAT) {
+			err = nfnl_hook_dump_nat(nlskb, cb, cur, family);
+		} else {
+			err = nfnl_hook_dump_one(nlskb, ctx, cur,
+						 cur->priority, family,
 						 cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq);
+		}
 		if (err)
 			break;
 	}
 
 done:
-	nl_dump_check_consistent(cb, nlmsg_hdr(nlskb));
+	if (nlskb->len > 0)
+		nl_dump_check_consistent(cb, nlmsg_hdr(nlskb));
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	cb->args[0] = i;
 	return nlskb->len;
@@ -442,10 +457,7 @@ static int nfnl_hook_dump_start(struct netlink_callback *cb)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	strscpy(ctx->devname, name, sizeof(ctx->devname));
-	ctx->headv = (unsigned long)head;
 	ctx->hook = hooknum;
-
-	cb->seq = 1;
 	cb->data = ctx;
 
 	return 0;
-- 
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