From: Yuqi Xu <[email protected]>

Packet processing uses CT limit state under RCU, while netns teardown
frees that state under ovs_mutex. The CT limit pointer was neither removed
from readers nor protected by a grace period, allowing packet processing to
dereference the freed state.

Replace the pointer before freeing the CT limit state, and wait for RCU
readers before freeing its contents. Keep ovs_mutex only around CT limit
updates, while GET uses the RCU read-side lock for the lifetime of the
lookup.

Fixes: 11efd5cb04a1 ("openvswitch: Support conntrack zone limit")
Cc: [email protected]
Reported-by: Vega <[email protected]>
Assisted-by: Codex:GPT-5.4
Co-developed-by: Nan Li <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Nan Li <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Yuqi Xu <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Ren Wei <[email protected]>
---
Changes in v3:

- Use RCU dereference and a NULL check for CT limit GET requests.
- Limit ovs_mutex to CT limit updates; do not hold it while preparing replies.
- Use ovsl_dereference() for update paths and clarify the RCU grace-period 
comment.
- v2 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]

Changes in v2:

- Sort local declarations modified by this patch in reverse Christmas-tree 
order.
- v1 Link: 
https://lore.kernel.org/all/aa8a1d8dcbac8a13dbdf077a642a66f4c5d81e4b.1784355642.git.xuyuqi...@gmail.com/

 net/openvswitch/conntrack.c | 109 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 net/openvswitch/datapath.h  |   2 +-
 2 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c b/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c
index 95697d4e16e6..aa71a254fe24 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c
@@ -933,10 +933,14 @@ static int ovs_ct_check_limit(struct net *net,
                              const struct ovs_conntrack_info *info)
 {
        struct ovs_net *ovs_net = net_generic(net, ovs_net_id);
-       const struct ovs_ct_limit_info *ct_limit_info = ovs_net->ct_limit_info;
+       const struct ovs_ct_limit_info *ct_limit_info;
        u32 per_zone_limit, connections;
        u32 conncount_key;
 
+       ct_limit_info = rcu_dereference(ovs_net->ct_limit_info);
+       if (!ct_limit_info)
+               return 0;
+
        conncount_key = info->zone.id;
 
        per_zone_limit = ct_limit_get(ct_limit_info, info->zone.id);
@@ -1585,40 +1589,47 @@ static void __ovs_ct_free_action(struct 
ovs_conntrack_info *ct_info)
 #if    IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NETFILTER_CONNCOUNT)
 static int ovs_ct_limit_init(struct net *net, struct ovs_net *ovs_net)
 {
+       struct ovs_ct_limit_info *info;
        int i, err;
 
-       ovs_net->ct_limit_info = kmalloc_obj(*ovs_net->ct_limit_info);
-       if (!ovs_net->ct_limit_info)
+       info = kmalloc_obj(*info);
+       if (!info)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
-       ovs_net->ct_limit_info->default_limit = OVS_CT_LIMIT_DEFAULT;
-       ovs_net->ct_limit_info->limits =
+       info->default_limit = OVS_CT_LIMIT_DEFAULT;
+       info->limits =
                kmalloc_objs(struct hlist_head, CT_LIMIT_HASH_BUCKETS);
-       if (!ovs_net->ct_limit_info->limits) {
-               kfree(ovs_net->ct_limit_info);
+       if (!info->limits) {
+               kfree(info);
                return -ENOMEM;
        }
 
        for (i = 0; i < CT_LIMIT_HASH_BUCKETS; i++)
-               INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&ovs_net->ct_limit_info->limits[i]);
+               INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&info->limits[i]);
 
-       ovs_net->ct_limit_info->data = nf_conncount_init(net, sizeof(u32));
+       info->data = nf_conncount_init(net, sizeof(u32));
 
-       if (IS_ERR(ovs_net->ct_limit_info->data)) {
-               err = PTR_ERR(ovs_net->ct_limit_info->data);
-               kfree(ovs_net->ct_limit_info->limits);
-               kfree(ovs_net->ct_limit_info);
+       if (IS_ERR(info->data)) {
+               err = PTR_ERR(info->data);
+               kfree(info->limits);
+               kfree(info);
                pr_err("openvswitch: failed to init nf_conncount %d\n", err);
                return err;
        }
+       rcu_assign_pointer(ovs_net->ct_limit_info, info);
        return 0;
 }
 
 static void ovs_ct_limit_exit(struct net *net, struct ovs_net *ovs_net)
 {
-       const struct ovs_ct_limit_info *info = ovs_net->ct_limit_info;
+       const struct ovs_ct_limit_info *info;
        int i;
 
+       info = rcu_replace_pointer(ovs_net->ct_limit_info, NULL,
+                                  lockdep_ovsl_is_held());
+       /* Wait for RCU readers to stop using the CT limits. */
+       synchronize_rcu();
+
        nf_conncount_destroy(net, info->data);
        for (i = 0; i < CT_LIMIT_HASH_BUCKETS; ++i) {
                struct hlist_head *head = &info->limits[i];
@@ -1665,22 +1676,28 @@ static bool check_zone_id(int zone_id, u16 *pzone)
        return false;
 }
 
-static int ovs_ct_limit_set_zone_limit(struct nlattr *nla_zone_limit,
-                                      struct ovs_ct_limit_info *info)
+static int ovs_ct_limit_set_zone_limit(struct ovs_net *ovs_net,
+                                      struct nlattr *nla_zone_limit)
 {
+       struct ovs_ct_limit_info *info;
        struct ovs_zone_limit *zone_limit;
        int rem;
        u16 zone;
 
+       ovs_lock();
+       info = ovsl_dereference(ovs_net->ct_limit_info);
+       if (!info) {
+               ovs_unlock();
+               return -ENOENT;
+       }
+
        rem = NLA_ALIGN(nla_len(nla_zone_limit));
        zone_limit = (struct ovs_zone_limit *)nla_data(nla_zone_limit);
 
        while (rem >= sizeof(*zone_limit)) {
                if (unlikely(zone_limit->zone_id ==
                                OVS_ZONE_LIMIT_DEFAULT_ZONE)) {
-                       ovs_lock();
                        info->default_limit = zone_limit->limit;
-                       ovs_unlock();
                } else if (unlikely(!check_zone_id(
                                zone_limit->zone_id, &zone))) {
                        OVS_NLERR(true, "zone id is out of range");
@@ -1688,15 +1705,15 @@ static int ovs_ct_limit_set_zone_limit(struct nlattr 
*nla_zone_limit,
                        struct ovs_ct_limit *ct_limit;
 
                        ct_limit = kmalloc_obj(*ct_limit, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
-                       if (!ct_limit)
+                       if (!ct_limit) {
+                               ovs_unlock();
                                return -ENOMEM;
+                       }
 
                        ct_limit->zone = zone;
                        ct_limit->limit = zone_limit->limit;
 
-                       ovs_lock();
                        ct_limit_set(info, ct_limit);
-                       ovs_unlock();
                }
                rem -= NLA_ALIGN(sizeof(*zone_limit));
                zone_limit = (struct ovs_zone_limit *)((u8 *)zone_limit +
@@ -1706,32 +1723,37 @@ static int ovs_ct_limit_set_zone_limit(struct nlattr 
*nla_zone_limit,
        if (rem)
                OVS_NLERR(true, "set zone limit has %d unknown bytes", rem);
 
+       ovs_unlock();
        return 0;
 }
 
-static int ovs_ct_limit_del_zone_limit(struct nlattr *nla_zone_limit,
-                                      struct ovs_ct_limit_info *info)
+static int ovs_ct_limit_del_zone_limit(struct ovs_net *ovs_net,
+                                      struct nlattr *nla_zone_limit)
 {
+       struct ovs_ct_limit_info *info;
        struct ovs_zone_limit *zone_limit;
        int rem;
        u16 zone;
 
+       ovs_lock();
+       info = ovsl_dereference(ovs_net->ct_limit_info);
+       if (!info) {
+               ovs_unlock();
+               return -ENOENT;
+       }
+
        rem = NLA_ALIGN(nla_len(nla_zone_limit));
        zone_limit = (struct ovs_zone_limit *)nla_data(nla_zone_limit);
 
        while (rem >= sizeof(*zone_limit)) {
                if (unlikely(zone_limit->zone_id ==
                                OVS_ZONE_LIMIT_DEFAULT_ZONE)) {
-                       ovs_lock();
                        info->default_limit = OVS_CT_LIMIT_DEFAULT;
-                       ovs_unlock();
                } else if (unlikely(!check_zone_id(
                                zone_limit->zone_id, &zone))) {
                        OVS_NLERR(true, "zone id is out of range");
                } else {
-                       ovs_lock();
                        ct_limit_del(info, zone);
-                       ovs_unlock();
                }
                rem -= NLA_ALIGN(sizeof(*zone_limit));
                zone_limit = (struct ovs_zone_limit *)((u8 *)zone_limit +
@@ -1741,6 +1763,7 @@ static int ovs_ct_limit_del_zone_limit(struct nlattr 
*nla_zone_limit,
        if (rem)
                OVS_NLERR(true, "del zone limit has %d unknown bytes", rem);
 
+       ovs_unlock();
        return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1796,12 +1819,10 @@ static int ovs_ct_limit_get_zone_limit(struct net *net,
                                                        &zone))) {
                        OVS_NLERR(true, "zone id is out of range");
                } else {
-                       rcu_read_lock();
                        limit = ct_limit_get(info, zone);
 
                        err = __ovs_ct_limit_get_zone_limit(
                                net, info->data, zone, limit, reply);
-                       rcu_read_unlock();
                        if (err)
                                return err;
                }
@@ -1828,19 +1849,16 @@ static int ovs_ct_limit_get_all_zone_limit(struct net 
*net,
        if (err)
                return err;
 
-       rcu_read_lock();
        for (i = 0; i < CT_LIMIT_HASH_BUCKETS; ++i) {
                head = &info->limits[i];
                hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(ct_limit, head, hlist_node) {
                        err = __ovs_ct_limit_get_zone_limit(net, info->data,
                                ct_limit->zone, ct_limit->limit, reply);
                        if (err)
-                               goto exit_err;
+                               return err;
                }
        }
 
-exit_err:
-       rcu_read_unlock();
        return err;
 }
 
@@ -1850,7 +1868,6 @@ static int ovs_ct_limit_cmd_set(struct sk_buff *skb, 
struct genl_info *info)
        struct sk_buff *reply;
        struct ovs_header *ovs_reply_header;
        struct ovs_net *ovs_net = net_generic(sock_net(skb->sk), ovs_net_id);
-       struct ovs_ct_limit_info *ct_limit_info = ovs_net->ct_limit_info;
        int err;
 
        reply = ovs_ct_limit_cmd_reply_start(info, OVS_CT_LIMIT_CMD_SET,
@@ -1863,8 +1880,8 @@ static int ovs_ct_limit_cmd_set(struct sk_buff *skb, 
struct genl_info *info)
                goto exit_err;
        }
 
-       err = ovs_ct_limit_set_zone_limit(a[OVS_CT_LIMIT_ATTR_ZONE_LIMIT],
-                                         ct_limit_info);
+       err = ovs_ct_limit_set_zone_limit(ovs_net,
+                                         a[OVS_CT_LIMIT_ATTR_ZONE_LIMIT]);
        if (err)
                goto exit_err;
 
@@ -1884,7 +1901,6 @@ static int ovs_ct_limit_cmd_del(struct sk_buff *skb, 
struct genl_info *info)
        struct sk_buff *reply;
        struct ovs_header *ovs_reply_header;
        struct ovs_net *ovs_net = net_generic(sock_net(skb->sk), ovs_net_id);
-       struct ovs_ct_limit_info *ct_limit_info = ovs_net->ct_limit_info;
        int err;
 
        reply = ovs_ct_limit_cmd_reply_start(info, OVS_CT_LIMIT_CMD_DEL,
@@ -1897,8 +1913,8 @@ static int ovs_ct_limit_cmd_del(struct sk_buff *skb, 
struct genl_info *info)
                goto exit_err;
        }
 
-       err = ovs_ct_limit_del_zone_limit(a[OVS_CT_LIMIT_ATTR_ZONE_LIMIT],
-                                         ct_limit_info);
+       err = ovs_ct_limit_del_zone_limit(ovs_net,
+                                         a[OVS_CT_LIMIT_ATTR_ZONE_LIMIT]);
        if (err)
                goto exit_err;
 
@@ -1918,7 +1934,7 @@ static int ovs_ct_limit_cmd_get(struct sk_buff *skb, 
struct genl_info *info)
        struct ovs_header *ovs_reply_header;
        struct net *net = sock_net(skb->sk);
        struct ovs_net *ovs_net = net_generic(net, ovs_net_id);
-       struct ovs_ct_limit_info *ct_limit_info = ovs_net->ct_limit_info;
+       struct ovs_ct_limit_info *ct_limit_info;
        int err;
 
        reply = ovs_ct_limit_cmd_reply_start(info, OVS_CT_LIMIT_CMD_GET,
@@ -1932,18 +1948,21 @@ static int ovs_ct_limit_cmd_get(struct sk_buff *skb, 
struct genl_info *info)
                goto exit_err;
        }
 
-       if (a[OVS_CT_LIMIT_ATTR_ZONE_LIMIT]) {
+       rcu_read_lock();
+       ct_limit_info = rcu_dereference(ovs_net->ct_limit_info);
+       if (!ct_limit_info) {
+               err = -ENOENT;
+       } else if (a[OVS_CT_LIMIT_ATTR_ZONE_LIMIT]) {
                err = ovs_ct_limit_get_zone_limit(
                        net, a[OVS_CT_LIMIT_ATTR_ZONE_LIMIT], ct_limit_info,
                        reply);
-               if (err)
-                       goto exit_err;
        } else {
                err = ovs_ct_limit_get_all_zone_limit(net, ct_limit_info,
                                                      reply);
-               if (err)
-                       goto exit_err;
        }
+       rcu_read_unlock();
+       if (err)
+               goto exit_err;
 
        nla_nest_end(reply, nla_reply);
        genlmsg_end(reply, ovs_reply_header);
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.h b/net/openvswitch/datapath.h
index 696640e88fa7..93e11e468d17 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.h
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.h
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ struct ovs_net {
        struct work_struct dp_notify_work;
        struct delayed_work masks_rebalance;
 #if    IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NETFILTER_CONNCOUNT)
-       struct ovs_ct_limit_info *ct_limit_info;
+       struct ovs_ct_limit_info __rcu *ct_limit_info;
 #endif
        bool xt_label;
 };
-- 
2.54.0
_______________________________________________
dev mailing list
[email protected]
https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev

Reply via email to