linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 200/366] netfilter: nf_log: don't hold nf_log

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Date:   Sun, 11 Nov 2018 19:49:05 +0000
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Jann Horn" <jannh@...gle.com>,
        "Pablo Neira Ayuso" <pablo@...filter.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 200/366] netfilter: nf_log: don't hold nf_log_mutex
 during user access

3.16.61-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>

commit ce00bf07cc95a57cd20b208e02b3c2604e532ae8 upstream.

The old code would indefinitely block other users of nf_log_mutex if
a userspace access in proc_dostring() blocked e.g. due to a userfaultfd
region. Fix it by moving proc_dostring() out of the locked region.

This is a followup to commit 266d07cb1c9a ("netfilter: nf_log: fix
sleeping function called from invalid context"), which changed this code
from using rcu_read_lock() to taking nf_log_mutex.

Fixes: 266d07cb1c9a ("netfilter: nf_log: fix sleeping function calle[...]")
Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_log.c | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
@@ -273,15 +273,18 @@ static int nf_log_proc_dostring(struct c
 		rcu_assign_pointer(net->nf.nf_loggers[tindex], logger);
 		mutex_unlock(&nf_log_mutex);
 	} else {
+		struct ctl_table tmp = *table;
+
+		tmp.data = buf;
 		mutex_lock(&nf_log_mutex);
 		logger = rcu_dereference_protected(net->nf.nf_loggers[tindex],
 						   lockdep_is_held(&nf_log_mutex));
 		if (!logger)
-			table->data = "NONE";
+			strlcpy(buf, "NONE", sizeof(buf));
 		else
-			table->data = logger->name;
-		r = proc_dostring(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+			strlcpy(buf, logger->name, sizeof(buf));
 		mutex_unlock(&nf_log_mutex);
+		r = proc_dostring(&tmp, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 	}
 
 	return r;