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netfilter: ipset: pernet ops must be unregistered last

PATCH Superseded Florian Westphal 2 participants 2 messages Sep 25, 2017 – Sep 26, 2017

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PATCH 1/1 netfilter: ipset: pernet ops must be unregistered last

Removing the ipset module leaves a small window where one cpu performs module removal while another runs a command like 'ipset flush'.

ipset uses net_generic(), unregistering the pernet ops frees this storage area.

Fix it by first removing the user-visible api handlers and the pernet ops last.

Fixes 1785e8f473082 ("netfiler: ipset: Add net namespace for ipset")
---
 net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c | 23 +++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c +13 -10
index e495b5e484b1..5ec7740c2088 100644
@@ -2072,25 +2072,27 @@ static struct pernet_operations ip_set_net_ops = {
 static int __init
 ip_set_init(void)
 {
-	int ret = nfnetlink_subsys_register(&ip_set_netlink_subsys);
+	int ret = register_pernet_subsys(&ip_set_net_ops);
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_err("ip_set: cannot register pernet_subsys.\n");
+		return ret;
+	}
 
+	ret = nfnetlink_subsys_register(&ip_set_netlink_subsys);
 	if (ret != 0) {
 		pr_err("ip_set: cannot register with nfnetlink.\n");
+		unregister_pernet_subsys(&ip_set_net_ops);
 		return ret;
 	}
+
 	ret = nf_register_sockopt(&so_set);
 	if (ret != 0) {
 		pr_err("SO_SET registry failed: %d\n", ret);
 		nfnetlink_subsys_unregister(&ip_set_netlink_subsys);
+		unregister_pernet_subsys(&ip_set_net_ops);
 		return ret;
 	}
-	ret = register_pernet_subsys(&ip_set_net_ops);
-	if (ret) {
-		pr_err("ip_set: cannot register pernet_subsys.\n");
-		nf_unregister_sockopt(&so_set);
-		nfnetlink_subsys_unregister(&ip_set_netlink_subsys);
-		return ret;
-	}
+
 	pr_info("ip_set: protocol %u\n", IPSET_PROTOCOL);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -2098,9 +2100,10 @@ ip_set_init(void)
 static void __exit
 ip_set_fini(void)
 {
-	unregister_pernet_subsys(&ip_set_net_ops);
-	nf_unregister_sockopt(&so_set);
 	nfnetlink_subsys_unregister(&ip_set_netlink_subsys);
+	nf_unregister_sockopt(&so_set);
+
+	unregister_pernet_subsys(&ip_set_net_ops);
 	pr_debug("these are the famous last words\n");
 }
 
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Hi Florian,

Quoted 58 lines · Florian Westphal

Removing the ipset module leaves a small window where one cpu performs module removal while another runs a command like 'ipset flush'.

ipset uses net_generic(), unregistering the pernet ops frees this storage area.

Fix it by first removing the user-visible api handlers and the pernet ops last.

Fixes 1785e8f473082 ("netfiler: ipset: Add net namespace for ipset")
---
 net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c | 23 +++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c +10 -8
index e495b5e484b1..5ec7740c2088 100644
@@ -2072,25 +2072,27 @@ static struct pernet_operations ip_set_net_ops = {
 static int __init
 ip_set_init(void)
 {
-	int ret = nfnetlink_subsys_register(&ip_set_netlink_subsys);
+	int ret = register_pernet_subsys(&ip_set_net_ops);
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_err("ip_set: cannot register pernet_subsys.\n");
+		return ret;
+	}
 
+	ret = nfnetlink_subsys_register(&ip_set_netlink_subsys);
 	if (ret != 0) {
 		pr_err("ip_set: cannot register with nfnetlink.\n");
+		unregister_pernet_subsys(&ip_set_net_ops);
 		return ret;
 	}
+
 	ret = nf_register_sockopt(&so_set);
 	if (ret != 0) {
 		pr_err("SO_SET registry failed: %d\n", ret);
 		nfnetlink_subsys_unregister(&ip_set_netlink_subsys);
+		unregister_pernet_subsys(&ip_set_net_ops);
 		return ret;
 	}
-	ret = register_pernet_subsys(&ip_set_net_ops);
-	if (ret) {
-		pr_err("ip_set: cannot register pernet_subsys.\n");
-		nf_unregister_sockopt(&so_set);
-		nfnetlink_subsys_unregister(&ip_set_netlink_subsys);
-		return ret;
-	}
+
 	pr_info("ip_set: protocol %u\n", IPSET_PROTOCOL);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -2098,9 +2100,10 @@ ip_set_init(void)
 static void __exit

net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c ip_set_init(void) · line 2108

Quoted 10 lines
net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c +3 -2
 ip_set_fini(void)
 {
-	unregister_pernet_subsys(&ip_set_net_ops);
-	nf_unregister_sockopt(&so_set);
 	nfnetlink_subsys_unregister(&ip_set_netlink_subsys);
+	nf_unregister_sockopt(&so_set);
+
+	unregister_pernet_subsys(&ip_set_net_ops);
 	pr_debug("these are the famous last words\n");
 }

Following the registration sequence in backward order, shouldn't first the sockopt, then the netlink_subsys be unregistered? Even if it doesn't matter, I think it'd be more consistent.

Best regards,
Jozsef
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