From 9edd7ca0a3e3999c260642c92fa008892d82ca6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick McHardy Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 11:16:26 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] netfilter: nf_conntrack: fix memory corruption with multiple namespaces As discovered by Jon Masters , the "untracked" conntrack, which is located in the data section, might be accidentally freed when a new namespace is instantiated while the untracked conntrack is attached to a skb because the reference count it re-initialized. The best fix would be to use a seperate untracked conntrack per namespace since it includes a namespace pointer. Unfortunately this is not possible without larger changes since the namespace is not easily available everywhere we need it. For now move the untracked conntrack initialization to the init_net setup function to make sure the reference count is not re-initialized and handle cleanup in the init_net cleanup function to make sure namespaces can exit properly while the untracked conntrack is in use in other namespaces. Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c | 24 ++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c index 0e98c3282d42..37e2b88313f2 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c @@ -1113,6 +1113,10 @@ static void nf_ct_release_dying_list(struct net *net) static void nf_conntrack_cleanup_init_net(void) { + /* wait until all references to nf_conntrack_untracked are dropped */ + while (atomic_read(&nf_conntrack_untracked.ct_general.use) > 1) + schedule(); + nf_conntrack_helper_fini(); nf_conntrack_proto_fini(); kmem_cache_destroy(nf_conntrack_cachep); @@ -1127,9 +1131,6 @@ static void nf_conntrack_cleanup_net(struct net *net) schedule(); goto i_see_dead_people; } - /* wait until all references to nf_conntrack_untracked are dropped */ - while (atomic_read(&nf_conntrack_untracked.ct_general.use) > 1) - schedule(); nf_ct_free_hashtable(net->ct.hash, net->ct.hash_vmalloc, nf_conntrack_htable_size); @@ -1288,6 +1289,14 @@ static int nf_conntrack_init_init_net(void) if (ret < 0) goto err_helper; + /* Set up fake conntrack: to never be deleted, not in any hashes */ +#ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS + nf_conntrack_untracked.ct_net = &init_net; +#endif + atomic_set(&nf_conntrack_untracked.ct_general.use, 1); + /* - and look it like as a confirmed connection */ + set_bit(IPS_CONFIRMED_BIT, &nf_conntrack_untracked.status); + return 0; err_helper: @@ -1333,15 +1342,6 @@ static int nf_conntrack_init_net(struct net *net) if (ret < 0) goto err_ecache; - /* Set up fake conntrack: - - to never be deleted, not in any hashes */ -#ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS - nf_conntrack_untracked.ct_net = &init_net; -#endif - atomic_set(&nf_conntrack_untracked.ct_general.use, 1); - /* - and look it like as a confirmed connection */ - set_bit(IPS_CONFIRMED_BIT, &nf_conntrack_untracked.status); - return 0; err_ecache: