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authorJozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@blackhole.kfki.hu>2012-01-17 10:39:05 +0100
committerPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>2012-01-17 10:52:46 +0100
commit088067f4f14d6ee5c6a196b015a560cbe7744224 (patch)
tree1be34b941c1671b70834212d2188f8ce6b1c1f45 /net/netfilter
parent9bf04646b0b41c5438ed8a27c5f8dbe0ff40d756 (diff)
netfilter: ipset: autoload set type modules safely
Jan Engelhardt noticed when userspace requests a set type unknown to the kernel, it can lead to a loop due to the unsafe type module loading. The issue is fixed in this patch. Signed-off-by: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@blackhole.kfki.hu> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/netfilter')
-rw-r--r--net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c36
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
index 86137b558f4..0f8e5f2fa1b 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
@@ -77,35 +77,42 @@ find_set_type(const char *name, u8 family, u8 revision)
}
/* Unlock, try to load a set type module and lock again */
-static int
-try_to_load_type(const char *name)
+static bool
+load_settype(const char *name)
{
nfnl_unlock();
pr_debug("try to load ip_set_%s\n", name);
if (request_module("ip_set_%s", name) < 0) {
pr_warning("Can't find ip_set type %s\n", name);
nfnl_lock();
- return -IPSET_ERR_FIND_TYPE;
+ return false;
}
nfnl_lock();
- return -EAGAIN;
+ return true;
}
/* Find a set type and reference it */
+#define find_set_type_get(name, family, revision, found) \
+ __find_set_type_get(name, family, revision, found, false)
+
static int
-find_set_type_get(const char *name, u8 family, u8 revision,
- struct ip_set_type **found)
+__find_set_type_get(const char *name, u8 family, u8 revision,
+ struct ip_set_type **found, bool retry)
{
struct ip_set_type *type;
int err;
+ if (retry && !load_settype(name))
+ return -IPSET_ERR_FIND_TYPE;
+
rcu_read_lock();
*found = find_set_type(name, family, revision);
if (*found) {
err = !try_module_get((*found)->me) ? -EFAULT : 0;
goto unlock;
}
- /* Make sure the type is loaded but we don't support the revision */
+ /* Make sure the type is already loaded
+ * but we don't support the revision */
list_for_each_entry_rcu(type, &ip_set_type_list, list)
if (STREQ(type->name, name)) {
err = -IPSET_ERR_FIND_TYPE;
@@ -113,7 +120,8 @@ find_set_type_get(const char *name, u8 family, u8 revision,
}
rcu_read_unlock();
- return try_to_load_type(name);
+ return retry ? -IPSET_ERR_FIND_TYPE :
+ __find_set_type_get(name, family, revision, found, true);
unlock:
rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -124,12 +132,19 @@ unlock:
* If we succeeded, the supported minimal and maximum revisions are
* filled out.
*/
+#define find_set_type_minmax(name, family, min, max) \
+ __find_set_type_minmax(name, family, min, max, false)
+
static int
-find_set_type_minmax(const char *name, u8 family, u8 *min, u8 *max)
+__find_set_type_minmax(const char *name, u8 family, u8 *min, u8 *max,
+ bool retry)
{
struct ip_set_type *type;
bool found = false;
+ if (retry && !load_settype(name))
+ return -IPSET_ERR_FIND_TYPE;
+
*min = 255; *max = 0;
rcu_read_lock();
list_for_each_entry_rcu(type, &ip_set_type_list, list)
@@ -145,7 +160,8 @@ find_set_type_minmax(const char *name, u8 family, u8 *min, u8 *max)
if (found)
return 0;
- return try_to_load_type(name);
+ return retry ? -IPSET_ERR_FIND_TYPE :
+ __find_set_type_minmax(name, family, min, max, true);
}
#define family_name(f) ((f) == AF_INET ? "inet" : \