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netfilter: ipset: Hold module reference while requesting a module

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User space may unload ip_set.ko while it is itself requesting a set type
backend module, leading to a kernel crash. The race condition may be
provoked by inserting an mdelay() right after the nfnl_unlock() call.

Fixes: a7b4f989a6 ("netfilter: ipset: IP set core support")
Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
Acked-by: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@netfilter.org>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
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Phil Sutter 2024-11-29 16:30:38 +01:00 committed by Pablo Neira Ayuso
parent 7b1d83da25
commit 456f010bfa
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@ -104,14 +104,19 @@ find_set_type(const char *name, u8 family, u8 revision)
static bool
load_settype(const char *name)
{
if (!try_module_get(THIS_MODULE))
return false;
nfnl_unlock(NFNL_SUBSYS_IPSET);
pr_debug("try to load ip_set_%s\n", name);
if (request_module("ip_set_%s", name) < 0) {
pr_warn("Can't find ip_set type %s\n", name);
nfnl_lock(NFNL_SUBSYS_IPSET);
module_put(THIS_MODULE);
return false;
}
nfnl_lock(NFNL_SUBSYS_IPSET);
module_put(THIS_MODULE);
return true;
}