Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netfilter/nf

Florian Westphal says:

====================
netfilter: bugfixes for net

The following set contains netfilter fixes for the *net* tree.

Regressions (rc only):
recent ebtables crash fix was incomplete, it added a memory leak.

The patch to fix possible buffer overrun for BIG TCP in ftp conntrack
tried to be too clever, we cannot re-use ct->lock: NAT engine might
grab it again -> deadlock.  Revert back to a global spinlock.
Both from myself.

Remove the documentation for the recently removed
'nf_conntrack_helper' sysctl as well, from Pablo Neira.

The static_branch_inc() that guards the 'chain stats enabled' path
needs to be deferred further, until the entire transaction was created.
From Tetsuo Handa.

Older bugs:
Since 5.3:
nf_tables_addchain may leak pcpu memory in error path when
offloading fails. Also from Tetsuo Handa.
====================

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>

Author: davem330

Documentation/networking/nf_conntrack-sysctl.rst

@@ -70,15 +70,6 @@ nf_conntrack_generic_timeout - INTEGER (seconds)
 	Default for generic timeout.  This refers to layer 4 unknown/unsupported
 	protocols.
 
-nf_conntrack_helper - BOOLEAN
-	- 0 - disabled (default)
-	- not 0 - enabled
-
-	Enable automatic conntrack helper assignment.
-	If disabled it is required to set up iptables rules to assign
-	helpers to connections.  See the CT target description in the
-	iptables-extensions(8) man page for further information.
-
 nf_conntrack_icmp_timeout - INTEGER (seconds)
 	default 30
 

net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c

@@ -1040,8 +1040,10 @@ static int do_replace_finish(struct net *net, struct ebt_replace *repl,
 		goto free_iterate;
 	}
 
-	if (repl->valid_hooks != t->valid_hooks)
+	if (repl->valid_hooks != t->valid_hooks) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto free_unlock;
+	}
 
 	if (repl->num_counters && repl->num_counters != t->private->nentries) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;

net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_ftp.c

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Rusty Russell <[email protected]>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ftp connection tracking helper");
 MODULE_ALIAS("ip_conntrack_ftp");
 MODULE_ALIAS_NFCT_HELPER(HELPER_NAME);
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(nf_ftp_lock);
 
 #define MAX_PORTS 8
 static u_int16_t ports[MAX_PORTS];
@@ -409,7 +410,8 @@ static int help(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	}
 	datalen = skb->len - dataoff;
 
-	spin_lock_bh(&ct->lock);
+	/* seqadj (nat) uses ct->lock internally, nf_nat_ftp would cause deadlock */
+	spin_lock_bh(&nf_ftp_lock);
 	fb_ptr = skb->data + dataoff;
 
 	ends_in_nl = (fb_ptr[datalen - 1] == '\n');
@@ -538,7 +540,7 @@ static int help(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (ends_in_nl)
 		update_nl_seq(ct, seq, ct_ftp_info, dir, skb);
  out:
-	spin_unlock_bh(&ct->lock);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&nf_ftp_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 

net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c

@@ -2197,7 +2197,6 @@ static int nf_tables_addchain(struct nft_ctx *ctx, u8 family, u8 genmask,
 			      struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	const struct nlattr * const *nla = ctx->nla;
-	struct nft_stats __percpu *stats = NULL;
 	struct nft_table *table = ctx->table;
 	struct nft_base_chain *basechain;
 	struct net *net = ctx->net;
@@ -2212,6 +2211,7 @@ static int nf_tables_addchain(struct nft_ctx *ctx, u8 family, u8 genmask,
 		return -EOVERFLOW;
 
 	if (nla[NFTA_CHAIN_HOOK]) {
+		struct nft_stats __percpu *stats = NULL;
 		struct nft_chain_hook hook;
 
 		if (flags & NFT_CHAIN_BINDING)
@@ -2243,8 +2243,11 @@ static int nf_tables_addchain(struct nft_ctx *ctx, u8 family, u8 genmask,
 		if (err < 0) {
 			nft_chain_release_hook(&hook);
 			kfree(basechain);
+			free_percpu(stats);
 			return err;
 		}
+		if (stats)
+			static_branch_inc(&nft_counters_enabled);
 	} else {
 		if (flags & NFT_CHAIN_BASE)
 			return -EINVAL;
@@ -2319,9 +2322,6 @@ static int nf_tables_addchain(struct nft_ctx *ctx, u8 family, u8 genmask,
 		goto err_unregister_hook;
 	}
 
-	if (stats)
-		static_branch_inc(&nft_counters_enabled);
-
 	table->use++;
 
 	return 0;