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authorFlorian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>2026-05-06 12:07:17 +0200
committerPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>2026-05-08 01:30:16 +0200
commitb4597d5fd7d2f8cebfffd40dffb5e003cc78964c (patch)
treea63f2c2ae8c0119b9f7cfdf7ac87536a5ef60542 /net/ipv6
parentd338693d778579b676a61346849bebd892427158 (diff)
netfilter: x_tables: add and use xtables_unregister_table_exit
Previous change added xtables_unregister_table_pre_exit to detach the table from the packetpath and to unlink it from the active table list. In case of rmmod, userspace that is doing set/getsockopt for this table will not be able to re-instantiate the table: 1. The larval table has been removed already 2. existing instantiated table is no longer on the xt pernet table list. This adds the second stage helper: unlink the table from the dying list, free the hook ops (if any) and do the audit notification. It replaces xt_unregister_table(). Fixes: fdacd57c79b7 ("netfilter: x_tables: never register tables by default") Reported-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com> Reviewed-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netfilter-devel/20260429175613.1459342-1-tristmd@gmail.com/ Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv6')
-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c9
-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_nat.c5
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c
index edf50bc7787e..9d9c3763f2f5 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c
@@ -1713,12 +1713,10 @@ do_ip6t_get_ctl(struct sock *sk, int cmd, void __user *user, int *len)
static void __ip6t_unregister_table(struct net *net, struct xt_table *table)
{
- struct xt_table_info *private;
- void *loc_cpu_entry;
+ struct xt_table_info *private = table->private;
struct module *table_owner = table->me;
struct ip6t_entry *iter;
-
- private = xt_unregister_table(table);
+ void *loc_cpu_entry;
/* Decrease module usage counts and free resources */
loc_cpu_entry = private->entries;
@@ -1727,6 +1725,7 @@ static void __ip6t_unregister_table(struct net *net, struct xt_table *table)
if (private->number > private->initial_entries)
module_put(table_owner);
xt_free_table_info(private);
+ kfree(table);
}
int ip6t_register_table(struct net *net, const struct xt_table *table,
@@ -1767,7 +1766,7 @@ int ip6t_register_table(struct net *net, const struct xt_table *table,
void ip6t_unregister_table_exit(struct net *net, const char *name)
{
- struct xt_table *table = xt_find_table(net, NFPROTO_IPV6, name);
+ struct xt_table *table = xt_unregister_table_exit(net, NFPROTO_IPV6, name);
if (table)
__ip6t_unregister_table(net, table);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_nat.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_nat.c
index bb8aa3fc42b4..c2394e2c94b5 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_nat.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_nat.c
@@ -121,8 +121,11 @@ static int ip6table_nat_table_init(struct net *net)
}
ret = ip6t_nat_register_lookups(net);
- if (ret < 0)
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ xt_unregister_table_pre_exit(net, NFPROTO_IPV6, "nat");
+ synchronize_rcu();
ip6t_unregister_table_exit(net, "nat");
+ }
kfree(repl);
return ret;