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| author | Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de> | 2019-07-02 21:41:40 +0200 |
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| committer | Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> | 2019-07-15 07:56:58 +0200 |
| commit | 1b0890cd60829bd51455dc5ad689ed58c4408227 (patch) | |
| tree | 5a4e013c6ccc36c3bdebf251ac6ea807c9d630b9 /net/netfilter | |
| parent | 76104862cccaeaa84fdd23e39f2610a96296291c (diff) | |
netfilter: nfnetlink: avoid deadlock due to synchronous request_module
Thomas and Juliana report a deadlock when running:
(rmmod nf_conntrack_netlink/xfrm_user)
conntrack -e NEW -E &
modprobe -v xfrm_user
They provided following analysis:
conntrack -e NEW -E
netlink_bind()
netlink_lock_table() -> increases "nl_table_users"
nfnetlink_bind()
# does not unlock the table as it's locked by netlink_bind()
__request_module()
call_usermodehelper_exec()
This triggers "modprobe nf_conntrack_netlink" from kernel, netlink_bind()
won't return until modprobe process is done.
"modprobe xfrm_user":
xfrm_user_init()
register_pernet_subsys()
-> grab pernet_ops_rwsem
..
netlink_table_grab()
calls schedule() as "nl_table_users" is non-zero
so modprobe is blocked because netlink_bind() increased
nl_table_users while also holding pernet_ops_rwsem.
"modprobe nf_conntrack_netlink" runs and inits nf_conntrack_netlink:
ctnetlink_init()
register_pernet_subsys()
-> blocks on "pernet_ops_rwsem" thanks to xfrm_user module
both modprobe processes wait on one another -- neither can make
progress.
Switch netlink_bind() to "nowait" modprobe -- this releases the netlink
table lock, which then allows both modprobe instances to complete.
Reported-by: Thomas Jarosch <thomas.jarosch@intra2net.com>
Reported-by: Juliana Rodrigueiro <juliana.rodrigueiro@intra2net.com>
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/netfilter')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c index 92077d459109..4abbb452cf6c 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c @@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ static int nfnetlink_bind(struct net *net, int group) ss = nfnetlink_get_subsys(type << 8); rcu_read_unlock(); if (!ss) - request_module("nfnetlink-subsys-%d", type); + request_module_nowait("nfnetlink-subsys-%d", type); return 0; } #endif |