ACK: [Trusty][SRU][PATCH] netfilter: nf_conntrack: don't release a conntrack with non-zero refcnt

Brad Figg brad.figg at canonical.com
Wed Jun 17 19:36:03 UTC 2015


On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 02:03:25PM -0500, Chris J Arges wrote:
> From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo at netfilter.org>
> 
> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1466135
> 
> With this patch, the conntrack refcount is initially set to zero and
> it is bumped once it is added to any of the list, so we fulfill
> Eric's golden rule which is that all released objects always have a
> refcount that equals zero.
> 
> Andrey Vagin reports that nf_conntrack_free can't be called for a
> conntrack with non-zero ref-counter, because it can race with
> nf_conntrack_find_get().
> 
> A conntrack slab is created with SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU. Non-zero
> ref-counter says that this conntrack is used. So when we release
> a conntrack with non-zero counter, we break this assumption.
> 
> CPU1                                    CPU2
> ____nf_conntrack_find()
>                                         nf_ct_put()
>                                          destroy_conntrack()
>                                         ...
>                                         init_conntrack
>                                          __nf_conntrack_alloc (set use = 1)
> atomic_inc_not_zero(&ct->use) (use = 2)
>                                          if (!l4proto->new(ct, skb, dataoff, timeouts))
>                                           nf_conntrack_free(ct); (use = 2 !!!)
>                                         ...
>                                         __nf_conntrack_alloc (set use = 1)
>  if (!nf_ct_key_equal(h, tuple, zone))
>   nf_ct_put(ct); (use = 0)
>    destroy_conntrack()
>                                         /* continue to work with CT */
> 
> After applying the path "[PATCH] netfilter: nf_conntrack: fix RCU
> race in nf_conntrack_find_get" another bug was triggered in
> destroy_conntrack():
> 
> <4>[67096.759334] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> <2>[67096.759353] kernel BUG at net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c:211!
> ...
> <4>[67096.759837] Pid: 498649, comm: atdd veid: 666 Tainted: G         C ---------------    2.6.32-042stab084.18 #1 042stab084_18 /DQ45CB
> <4>[67096.759932] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa03d99ac>]  [<ffffffffa03d99ac>] destroy_conntrack+0x15c/0x190 [nf_conntrack]
> <4>[67096.760255] Call Trace:
> <4>[67096.760255]  [<ffffffff814844a7>] nf_conntrack_destroy+0x17/0x30
> <4>[67096.760255]  [<ffffffffa03d9bb5>] nf_conntrack_find_get+0x85/0x130 [nf_conntrack]
> <4>[67096.760255]  [<ffffffffa03d9fb2>] nf_conntrack_in+0x352/0xb60 [nf_conntrack]
> <4>[67096.760255]  [<ffffffffa048c771>] ipv4_conntrack_local+0x51/0x60 [nf_conntrack_ipv4]
> <4>[67096.760255]  [<ffffffff81484419>] nf_iterate+0x69/0xb0
> <4>[67096.760255]  [<ffffffff814b5b00>] ? dst_output+0x0/0x20
> <4>[67096.760255]  [<ffffffff814845d4>] nf_hook_slow+0x74/0x110
> <4>[67096.760255]  [<ffffffff814b5b00>] ? dst_output+0x0/0x20
> <4>[67096.760255]  [<ffffffff814b66d5>] raw_sendmsg+0x775/0x910
> <4>[67096.760255]  [<ffffffff8104c5a8>] ? flush_tlb_others_ipi+0x128/0x130
> <4>[67096.760255]  [<ffffffff8100bc4e>] ? apic_timer_interrupt+0xe/0x20
> <4>[67096.760255]  [<ffffffff8100bc4e>] ? apic_timer_interrupt+0xe/0x20
> <4>[67096.760255]  [<ffffffff814c136a>] inet_sendmsg+0x4a/0xb0
> <4>[67096.760255]  [<ffffffff81444e93>] ? sock_sendmsg+0x13/0x140
> <4>[67096.760255]  [<ffffffff81444f97>] sock_sendmsg+0x117/0x140
> <4>[67096.760255]  [<ffffffff8102e299>] ? native_smp_send_reschedule+0x49/0x60
> <4>[67096.760255]  [<ffffffff81519beb>] ? _spin_unlock_bh+0x1b/0x20
> <4>[67096.760255]  [<ffffffff8109d930>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40
> <4>[67096.760255]  [<ffffffff814960f0>] ? do_ip_setsockopt+0x90/0xd80
> <4>[67096.760255]  [<ffffffff8100bc4e>] ? apic_timer_interrupt+0xe/0x20
> <4>[67096.760255]  [<ffffffff8100bc4e>] ? apic_timer_interrupt+0xe/0x20
> <4>[67096.760255]  [<ffffffff814457c9>] sys_sendto+0x139/0x190
> <4>[67096.760255]  [<ffffffff810efa77>] ? audit_syscall_entry+0x1d7/0x200
> <4>[67096.760255]  [<ffffffff810ef7c5>] ? __audit_syscall_exit+0x265/0x290
> <4>[67096.760255]  [<ffffffff81474daf>] compat_sys_socketcall+0x13f/0x210
> <4>[67096.760255]  [<ffffffff8104dea3>] ia32_sysret+0x0/0x5
> 
> I have reused the original title for the RFC patch that Andrey posted and
> most of the original patch description.
> 
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet at google.com>
> Cc: Andrew Vagin <avagin at parallels.com>
> Cc: Florian Westphal <fw at strlen.de>
> Reported-by: Andrew Vagin <avagin at parallels.com>
> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo at netfilter.org>
> Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet at google.com>
> Acked-by: Andrew Vagin <avagin at parallels.com>
> (cherry picked from commit e53376bef2cd97d3e3f61fdc677fb8da7d03d0da)
> Signed-off-by: Chris J Arges <chris.j.arges at canonical.com>
> ---
>  include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h |  2 ++
>  net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c    | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c     |  5 ++---
>  net/netfilter/xt_CT.c                |  7 +------
>  4 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h
> index 01ea6ee..b2ac624 100644
> --- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h
> +++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h
> @@ -284,6 +284,8 @@ extern unsigned int nf_conntrack_max;
>  extern unsigned int nf_conntrack_hash_rnd;
>  void init_nf_conntrack_hash_rnd(void);
>  
> +void nf_conntrack_tmpl_insert(struct net *net, struct nf_conn *tmpl);
> +
>  #define NF_CT_STAT_INC(net, count)	  __this_cpu_inc((net)->ct.stat->count)
>  #define NF_CT_STAT_INC_ATOMIC(net, count) this_cpu_inc((net)->ct.stat->count)
>  
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
> index 43549eb..5ede63c 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
> @@ -450,7 +450,9 @@ nf_conntrack_hash_check_insert(struct nf_conn *ct)
>  			goto out;
>  
>  	add_timer(&ct->timeout);
> -	nf_conntrack_get(&ct->ct_general);
> +	smp_wmb();
> +	/* The caller holds a reference to this object */
> +	atomic_set(&ct->ct_general.use, 2);
>  	__nf_conntrack_hash_insert(ct, hash, repl_hash);
>  	NF_CT_STAT_INC(net, insert);
>  	spin_unlock_bh(&nf_conntrack_lock);
> @@ -464,6 +466,21 @@ out:
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_conntrack_hash_check_insert);
>  
> +/* deletion from this larval template list happens via nf_ct_put() */
> +void nf_conntrack_tmpl_insert(struct net *net, struct nf_conn *tmpl)
> +{
> +	__set_bit(IPS_TEMPLATE_BIT, &tmpl->status);
> +	__set_bit(IPS_CONFIRMED_BIT, &tmpl->status);
> +	nf_conntrack_get(&tmpl->ct_general);
> +
> +	spin_lock_bh(&nf_conntrack_lock);
> +	/* Overload tuple linked list to put us in template list. */
> +	hlist_nulls_add_head_rcu(&tmpl->tuplehash[IP_CT_DIR_ORIGINAL].hnnode,
> +				 &net->ct.tmpl);
> +	spin_unlock_bh(&nf_conntrack_lock);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_conntrack_tmpl_insert);
> +
>  /* Confirm a connection given skb; places it in hash table */
>  int
>  __nf_conntrack_confirm(struct sk_buff *skb)
> @@ -735,11 +752,10 @@ __nf_conntrack_alloc(struct net *net, u16 zone,
>  		nf_ct_zone->id = zone;
>  	}
>  #endif
> -	/*
> -	 * changes to lookup keys must be done before setting refcnt to 1
> +	/* Because we use RCU lookups, we set ct_general.use to zero before
> +	 * this is inserted in any list.
>  	 */
> -	smp_wmb();
> -	atomic_set(&ct->ct_general.use, 1);
> +	atomic_set(&ct->ct_general.use, 0);
>  	return ct;
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_ZONES
> @@ -763,6 +779,11 @@ void nf_conntrack_free(struct nf_conn *ct)
>  {
>  	struct net *net = nf_ct_net(ct);
>  
> +	/* A freed object has refcnt == 0, that's
> +	 * the golden rule for SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU
> +	 */
> +	NF_CT_ASSERT(atomic_read(&ct->ct_general.use) == 0);
> +
>  	nf_ct_ext_destroy(ct);
>  	nf_ct_ext_free(ct);
>  	kmem_cache_free(net->ct.nf_conntrack_cachep, ct);
> @@ -858,6 +879,9 @@ init_conntrack(struct net *net, struct nf_conn *tmpl,
>  		NF_CT_STAT_INC(net, new);
>  	}
>  
> +	/* Now it is inserted into the unconfirmed list, bump refcount */
> +	nf_conntrack_get(&ct->ct_general);
> +
>  	/* Overload tuple linked list to put us in unconfirmed list. */
>  	hlist_nulls_add_head_rcu(&ct->tuplehash[IP_CT_DIR_ORIGINAL].hnnode,
>  		       &net->ct.unconfirmed);
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c
> index 9858e3e..52e20c9 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c
> @@ -363,9 +363,8 @@ static int __net_init synproxy_net_init(struct net *net)
>  		goto err2;
>  	if (!nfct_synproxy_ext_add(ct))
>  		goto err2;
> -	__set_bit(IPS_TEMPLATE_BIT, &ct->status);
> -	__set_bit(IPS_CONFIRMED_BIT, &ct->status);
>  
> +	nf_conntrack_tmpl_insert(net, ct);
>  	snet->tmpl = ct;
>  
>  	snet->stats = alloc_percpu(struct synproxy_stats);
> @@ -390,7 +389,7 @@ static void __net_exit synproxy_net_exit(struct net *net)
>  {
>  	struct synproxy_net *snet = synproxy_pernet(net);
>  
> -	nf_conntrack_free(snet->tmpl);
> +	nf_ct_put(snet->tmpl);
>  	synproxy_proc_exit(net);
>  	free_percpu(snet->stats);
>  }
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_CT.c b/net/netfilter/xt_CT.c
> index da35ac0..8899601 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/xt_CT.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/xt_CT.c
> @@ -226,12 +226,7 @@ static int xt_ct_tg_check(const struct xt_tgchk_param *par,
>  			goto err3;
>  	}
>  
> -	__set_bit(IPS_TEMPLATE_BIT, &ct->status);
> -	__set_bit(IPS_CONFIRMED_BIT, &ct->status);
> -
> -	/* Overload tuple linked list to put us in template list. */
> -	hlist_nulls_add_head_rcu(&ct->tuplehash[IP_CT_DIR_ORIGINAL].hnnode,
> -				 &par->net->ct.tmpl);
> +	nf_conntrack_tmpl_insert(par->net, ct);
>  out:
>  	info->ct = ct;
>  	return 0;
> -- 
> 1.9.1
> 
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Clean cherry-pick.

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