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netfilter: IDLETIMER: Fix for possible ABBA deadlock
authorPhil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
Fri, 6 Dec 2024 18:32:29 +0000 (19:32 +0100)
committerPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 22:15:19 +0000 (23:15 +0100)
commitf36b01994d68ffc253c8296e2228dfe6e6431c03
tree0878e333ebeae033ff095faeb654d9d2aa0d3af9
parentd92906fd1b940681b4509f7bb8ae737789fb4695
netfilter: IDLETIMER: Fix for possible ABBA deadlock

Deletion of the last rule referencing a given idletimer may happen at
the same time as a read of its file in sysfs:

| ======================================================
| WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
6.12.0-rc7-01692-g5e9a28f41134-dirty #594 Not tainted
| ------------------------------------------------------
| iptables/3303 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff8881057e04b8 (kn->active#48){++++}-{0:0}, at: __kernfs_remove+0x20
|
| but task is already holding lock:
ffffffffa0249068 (list_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: idletimer_tg_destroy_v]
|
| which lock already depends on the new lock.

A simple reproducer is:

| #!/bin/bash
|
| while true; do
|         iptables -A INPUT -i foo -j IDLETIMER --timeout 10 --label "testme"
|         iptables -D INPUT -i foo -j IDLETIMER --timeout 10 --label "testme"
| done &
| while true; do
|         cat /sys/class/xt_idletimer/timers/testme >/dev/null
| done

Avoid this by freeing list_mutex right after deleting the element from
the list, then continuing with the teardown.

Fixes: 0902b469bd25 ("netfilter: xtables: idletimer target implementation")
Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
net/netfilter/xt_IDLETIMER.c