netdev - [PATCH 5/6] netfilter: nf_log: don't hold nf_log

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Message-Id: <20180627152223.3633-6-pablo@netfilter.org>
Date:   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 17:22:22 +0200
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/6] netfilter: nf_log: don't hold nf_log_mutex during user access

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

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>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_log.c | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_log.c b/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
index 2c47f9ec3511..a61d6df6e5f6 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
@@ -446,14 +446,17 @@ static int nf_log_proc_dostring(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		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 = nft_log_dereference(net->nf.nf_loggers[tindex]);
 		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;
-- 
2.11.0