Subject: [PATCH 1/9] netfilter: ipset: fix race condition in ipset save, swap and delete

From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 19:57:54 +0200

From: Vishwanath Pai <[email-masked]>

This fix adds a new reference counter (ref_netlink) for the struct ip_set.
The other reference counter (ref) can be swapped out by ip_set_swap and we
need a separate counter to keep track of references for netlink events
like dump. Using the same ref counter for dump causes a race condition
which can be demonstrated by the following script:

ipset create hash_ip1 hash:ip family inet hashsize 1024 maxelem 500000 \
counters
ipset create hash_ip2 hash:ip family inet hashsize 300000 maxelem 500000 \
counters
ipset create hash_ip3 hash:ip family inet hashsize 1024 maxelem 500000 \
counters

ipset save &

ipset swap hash_ip3 hash_ip2
ipset destroy hash_ip3 /* will crash the machine */

Swap will exchange the values of ref so destroy will see ref = 0 instead of
ref = 1. With this fix in place swap will not succeed because ipset save
still has ref_netlink on the set (ip_set_swap doesn't swap ref_netlink).

Both delete and swap will error out if ref_netlink != 0 on the set.

Note: The changes to *_head functions is because previously we would
increment ref whenever we called these functions, we don't do that
anymore.

Reviewed-by: Joshua Hunt <[email-masked]>
Signed-off-by: Vishwanath Pai <[email-masked]>
Signed-off-by: Jozsef Kadlecsik <[email-masked]>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <[email-masked]>
---
 include/linux/netfilter/ipset/ip_set.h  |  4 ++++
 net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_gen.h |  2 +-
 net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c       | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h   |  2 +-
 net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_list_set.c   |  2 +-
 5 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter/ipset/ip_set.h b/include/linux/netfilter/ipset/ip_set.h
index 0e1f433..f48b8a6 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfilter/ipset/ip_set.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfilter/ipset/ip_set.h
@@ -234,6 +234,10 @@ struct ip_set {
 	spinlock_t lock;
 	/* References to the set */
 	u32 ref;
+	/* References to the set for netlink events like dump,
+	 * ref can be swapped out by ip_set_swap
+	 */
+	u32 ref_netlink;
 	/* The core set type */
 	struct ip_set_type *type;
 	/* The type variant doing the real job */
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_gen.h b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_gen.h
index b0bc475..2e8e7e5 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_gen.h
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_gen.h
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ mtype_head(struct ip_set *set, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (!nested)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	if (mtype_do_head(skb, map) ||
-	    nla_put_net32(skb, IPSET_ATTR_REFERENCES, htonl(set->ref - 1)) ||
+	    nla_put_net32(skb, IPSET_ATTR_REFERENCES, htonl(set->ref)) ||
 	    nla_put_net32(skb, IPSET_ATTR_MEMSIZE, htonl(memsize)))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	if (unlikely(ip_set_put_flags(skb, set)))
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
index 7e6568c..a748b0c 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
@@ -497,6 +497,26 @@ __ip_set_put(struct ip_set *set)
 	write_unlock_bh(&ip_set_ref_lock);
 }
 
+/* set->ref can be swapped out by ip_set_swap, netlink events (like dump) need
+ * a separate reference counter
+ */
+static inline void
+__ip_set_get_netlink(struct ip_set *set)
+{
+	write_lock_bh(&ip_set_ref_lock);
+	set->ref_netlink++;
+	write_unlock_bh(&ip_set_ref_lock);
+}
+
+static inline void
+__ip_set_put_netlink(struct ip_set *set)
+{
+	write_lock_bh(&ip_set_ref_lock);
+	BUG_ON(set->ref_netlink == 0);
+	set->ref_netlink--;
+	write_unlock_bh(&ip_set_ref_lock);
+}
+
 /* Add, del and test set entries from kernel.
  *
  * The set behind the index must exist and must be referenced
@@ -1002,7 +1022,7 @@ static int ip_set_destroy(struct net *net, struct sock *ctnl,
 	if (!attr[IPSET_ATTR_SETNAME]) {
 		for (i = 0; i < inst->ip_set_max; i++) {
 			s = ip_set(inst, i);
-			if (s && s->ref) {
+			if (s && (s->ref || s->ref_netlink)) {
 				ret = -IPSET_ERR_BUSY;
 				goto out;
 			}
@@ -1024,7 +1044,7 @@ static int ip_set_destroy(struct net *net, struct sock *ctnl,
 		if (!s) {
 			ret = -ENOENT;
 			goto out;
-		} else if (s->ref) {
+		} else if (s->ref || s->ref_netlink) {
 			ret = -IPSET_ERR_BUSY;
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -1171,6 +1191,9 @@ static int ip_set_swap(struct net *net, struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	      from->family == to->family))
 		return -IPSET_ERR_TYPE_MISMATCH;
 
+	if (from->ref_netlink || to->ref_netlink)
+		return -EBUSY;
+
 	strncpy(from_name, from->name, IPSET_MAXNAMELEN);
 	strncpy(from->name, to->name, IPSET_MAXNAMELEN);
 	strncpy(to->name, from_name, IPSET_MAXNAMELEN);
@@ -1206,7 +1229,7 @@ ip_set_dump_done(struct netlink_callback *cb)
 		if (set->variant->uref)
 			set->variant->uref(set, cb, false);
 		pr_debug("release set %s\n", set->name);
-		__ip_set_put_byindex(inst, index);
+		__ip_set_put_netlink(set);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1328,7 +1351,7 @@ dump_last:
 		if (!cb->args[IPSET_CB_ARG0]) {
 			/* Start listing: make sure set won't be destroyed */
 			pr_debug("reference set\n");
-			set->ref++;
+			set->ref_netlink++;
 		}
 		write_unlock_bh(&ip_set_ref_lock);
 		nlh = start_msg(skb, NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).portid,
@@ -1396,7 +1419,7 @@ release_refcount:
 		if (set->variant->uref)
 			set->variant->uref(set, cb, false);
 		pr_debug("release set %s\n", set->name);
-		__ip_set_put_byindex(inst, index);
+		__ip_set_put_netlink(set);
 		cb->args[IPSET_CB_ARG0] = 0;
 	}
 out:
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h
index e5336ab..d32fd6b 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ mtype_head(struct ip_set *set, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (nla_put_u32(skb, IPSET_ATTR_MARKMASK, h->markmask))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 #endif
-	if (nla_put_net32(skb, IPSET_ATTR_REFERENCES, htonl(set->ref - 1)) ||
+	if (nla_put_net32(skb, IPSET_ATTR_REFERENCES, htonl(set->ref)) ||
 	    nla_put_net32(skb, IPSET_ATTR_MEMSIZE, htonl(memsize)))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	if (unlikely(ip_set_put_flags(skb, set)))
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_list_set.c b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_list_set.c
index 24c6c19..a2a89e4 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_list_set.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_list_set.c
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ list_set_head(struct ip_set *set, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (!nested)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	if (nla_put_net32(skb, IPSET_ATTR_SIZE, htonl(map->size)) ||
-	    nla_put_net32(skb, IPSET_ATTR_REFERENCES, htonl(set->ref - 1)) ||
+	    nla_put_net32(skb, IPSET_ATTR_REFERENCES, htonl(set->ref)) ||
 	    nla_put_net32(skb, IPSET_ATTR_MEMSIZE,
 			  htonl(sizeof(*map) + n * set->dsize)))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
-- 
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