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netfilter: nf_tables: replay request after dropping locks to load chain type

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To avoid races, we need to replay to request after dropping the nfnl_mutex
to auto-load the chain type module.

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
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Patrick McHardy 2014-01-09 18:42:36 +00:00 committed by Pablo Neira Ayuso
parent 88ce65a71c
commit 93b0806f00
1 changed files with 8 additions and 4 deletions
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net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
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@ -147,16 +147,20 @@ nf_tables_chain_type_lookup(const struct nft_af_info *afi,
struct nf_chain_type *type;
type = __nf_tables_chain_type_lookup(afi->family, nla);
if (type != NULL)
return type;
#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
if (type == NULL && autoload) {
if (autoload) {
nfnl_unlock(NFNL_SUBSYS_NFTABLES);
request_module("nft-chain-%u-%*.s", afi->family,
nla_len(nla)-1, (const char *)nla_data(nla));
nfnl_lock(NFNL_SUBSYS_NFTABLES);
type = __nf_tables_chain_type_lookup(afi->family, nla);
if (type != NULL)
return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
}
#endif
return type;
return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
}
static const struct nla_policy nft_table_policy[NFTA_TABLE_MAX + 1] = {
@ -906,8 +910,8 @@ static int nf_tables_newchain(struct sock *nlsk, struct sk_buff *skb,
type = nf_tables_chain_type_lookup(afi,
nla[NFTA_CHAIN_TYPE],
create);
if (type == NULL)
return -ENOENT;
if (IS_ERR(type))
return PTR_ERR(type);
}
err = nla_parse_nested(ha, NFTA_HOOK_MAX, nla[NFTA_CHAIN_HOOK],