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* [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.19 01/42] netfilter: nfnetlink: avoid deadlock due to synchronous request_module
@ 2019-08-02 13:22 Sasha Levin
  2019-08-02 13:22 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.19 03/42] netfilter: Fix rpfilter dropping vrf packets by mistake Sasha Levin
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  0 siblings, 5 replies; 10+ messages in thread
From: Sasha Levin @ 2019-08-02 13:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel, stable
  Cc: Florian Westphal, Thomas Jarosch, Juliana Rodrigueiro,
	Pablo Neira Ayuso, Sasha Levin, netfilter-devel, coreteam,
	netdev

From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>

[ Upstream commit 1b0890cd60829bd51455dc5ad689ed58c4408227 ]

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>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
index 916913454624f..7f2c1915763f8 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ 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
-- 
2.20.1


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2019-08-02 13:22 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.19 03/42] netfilter: Fix rpfilter dropping vrf packets by mistake Sasha Levin
2019-08-02 13:22 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.19 04/42] netfilter: conntrack: always store window size un-scaled Sasha Levin
2019-08-08  9:02   ` Thomas Jarosch
2019-08-14 10:19     ` Reindl Harald
2019-08-14 11:17       ` Jakub Jankowski
2019-08-14 17:01         ` Sasha Levin
2019-08-02 13:22 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.19 05/42] netfilter: nft_hash: fix symhash with modulus one Sasha Levin
2019-08-02 13:22 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.19 14/42] mac80211: don't warn about CW params when not using them Sasha Levin
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