netfilter: nf_tables: can't fail after linking rule into active rule list
authorFlorian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Tue, 10 Apr 2018 07:30:27 +0000 (09:30 +0200)
committerPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Mon, 16 Apr 2018 15:47:26 +0000 (17:47 +0200)
commit569ccae68b38654f04b6842b034aa33857f605fe
tree4223504432e7e88caa9f8b4275c06259794720a6
parenta6615743704fdc179e227f84b7903edd1f0b4241
netfilter: nf_tables: can't fail after linking rule into active rule list

rules in nftables a free'd using kfree, but protected by rcu, i.e. we
must wait for a grace period to elapse.

Normal removal patch does this, but nf_tables_newrule() doesn't obey
this rule during error handling.

It calls nft_trans_rule_add() *after* linking rule, and, if that
fails to allocate memory, it unlinks the rule and then kfree() it --
this is unsafe.

Switch order -- first add rule to transaction list, THEN link it
to public list.

Note: nft_trans_rule_add() uses GFP_KERNEL; it will not fail so this
is not a problem in practice (spotted only during code review).

Fixes: 0628b123c96d12 ("netfilter: nfnetlink: add batch support and use it from nf_tables")
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c