netdev - Re: [PATCH nf] netfilter: use RCU safe kfree for conntrack extensions

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Date:	Wed, 11 Sep 2013 07:57:15 -0700
From:	Phil Oester <kernel@...uxace.com>
To:	Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>
Cc:	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...ckhole.kfki.hu>,
	coreteam@...filter.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH nf] netfilter: use RCU safe kfree for conntrack extensions

On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 10:17:27AM +0200, Michal Kubecek wrote:
> Commit 68b80f11 (netfilter: nf_nat: fix RCU races) introduced
> RCU protection for freeing extension data when reallocation
> moves them to a new location. We need the same protection when
> freeing them in nf_ct_ext_free() in order to prevent a
> use-after-free by other threads referencing a NAT extension data
> via bysource list.

Hi Michal - 

coincidentally I've been looking into this area this week due to another
bug report (https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60853).  Looking at
your proposed fix, the NAT extension data should have been cleaned
from the bysource list in nf_nat_cleanup_conntrack (via __nf_ct_ext_destroy)
before reaching the kfree.  Would you agree?

The reporter of #60853 suggested adding a synchronize_rcu to the end of the
nf_nat_cleanup_conntrack function, which seems sane.  I have been trying to 
reproduce the crash to test that theory.

Are you able to reproduce an OOPS in your testing?  Or is there a bug report
you are working from?

Phil
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