linux-kernel - Re: Regression: Commit "netfilter: nf_tables: disallow rule addition to bound chain via NFTA_RULE_CHAIN_ID" breaks ruleset loading in linux-stable

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Message-ID: <ZP+bUpxJiFcmTWhy@calendula>
Date:   Tue, 12 Sep 2023 00:57:22 +0200
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     Timo Sigurdsson <public_timo.s@...entcreek.de>
Cc:     kadlec@...filter.org, fw@...len.de, davem@...emloft.net,
        edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
        netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, coreteam@...filter.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, regressions@...ts.linux.dev,
        sashal@...nel.org, carnil@...ian.org, 1051592@...s.debian.org
Subject: Re: Regression: Commit "netfilter: nf_tables: disallow rule addition
 to bound chain via NFTA_RULE_CHAIN_ID" breaks ruleset loading in
 linux-stable

Hi Timo,

On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 11:37:50PM +0200, Timo Sigurdsson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> recently, Debian updated their stable kernel from 6.1.38 to 6.1.52
> which broke nftables ruleset loading on one of my machines with lots
> of "Operation not supported" errors. I've reported this to the
> Debian project (see link below) and Salvatore Bonaccorso and I
> identified "netfilter: nf_tables: disallow rule addition to bound
> chain via NFTA_RULE_CHAIN_ID" (0ebc1064e487) as the offending commit
> that introduced the regression. Salvatore also found that this issue
> affects the 5.10 stable tree as well (observed in 5.10.191), but he
> cannot reproduce it on 6.4.13 and 6.5.2.
> 
> The issue only occurs with some rulesets. While I can't trigger it
> with simple/minimal rulesets that I use on some machines, it does
> occur with a more complex ruleset that has been in use for months
> (if not years, for large parts of it). I'm attaching a somewhat
> stripped down version of the ruleset from the machine I originally
> observed this issue on. It's still not a small or simple ruleset,
> but I'll try to reduce it further when I have more time.
> 
> The error messages shown when trying to load the ruleset don't seem
> to be helpful. Just two simple examples: Just to give two simple
> examples from the log when nftables fails to start:
> /etc/nftables.conf:99:4-44: Error: Could not process rule: Operation not supported
>                         tcp option maxseg size 1-500 counter drop
>                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> /etc/nftables.conf:308:4-27: Error: Could not process rule: Operation not supported
>                         tcp dport sip-tls accept
>                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I can reproduce this issue with 5.10.191 and 6.1.52 and nftables v1.0.6,
this is not reproducible with v1.0.7 and v1.0.8.

> Since the issue only affects some stable trees, Salvatore thought it
> might be an incomplete backport that causes this.
> 
> If you need further information, please let me know.

Userspace nftables v1.0.6 generates incorrect bytecode that hits a new
kernel check that rejects adding rules to bound chains. The incorrect
bytecode adds the chain binding, attach it to the rule and it adds the
rules to the chain binding. I have cherry-picked these three patches
for nftables v1.0.6 userspace and your ruleset restores fine.

See patches enclosed to this email.

View attachment "0001-rule-add-helper-function-to-expand-chain-rules-into-.patch" of type "text/x-diff" (2425 bytes)

View attachment "0002-rule-expand-standalone-chain-that-contains-rules.patch" of type "text/x-diff" (3637 bytes)

View attachment "0003-src-expand-table-command-before-evaluation.patch" of type "text/x-diff" (6511 bytes)