From: Gao Feng <f...@ikuai8.com>

When invoke __nf_conntrack_helper_find, it needs the rcu lock to
protect the helper module which would not be unloaded.

Now there are two caller nf_conntrack_helper_try_module_get and
ctnetlink_create_expect which don't hold rcu lock. And the other
callers left like ctnetlink_change_helper, ctnetlink_create_conntrack,
and ctnetlink_glue_attach_expect, they already hold the rcu lock
or spin_lock_bh.

Remove the rcu lock in functions nf_ct_helper_expectfn_find_by_name
and nf_ct_helper_expectfn_find_by_symbol. Because they return one pointer
which needs rcu lock, so their caller should hold the rcu lock, not in
these two functions.

Signed-off-by: Gao Feng <f...@ikuai8.com>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pa...@netfilter.org>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c  | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c | 10 ++++++++--
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c 
b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
index 6dc44d9b4190..4eeb3418366a 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
@@ -158,16 +158,25 @@ nf_conntrack_helper_try_module_get(const char *name, u16 
l3num, u8 protonum)
 {
        struct nf_conntrack_helper *h;
 
+       rcu_read_lock();
+
        h = __nf_conntrack_helper_find(name, l3num, protonum);
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
        if (h == NULL) {
-               if (request_module("nfct-helper-%s", name) == 0)
+               rcu_read_unlock();
+               if (request_module("nfct-helper-%s", name) == 0) {
+                       rcu_read_lock();
                        h = __nf_conntrack_helper_find(name, l3num, protonum);
+               } else {
+                       return h;
+               }
        }
 #endif
        if (h != NULL && !try_module_get(h->me))
                h = NULL;
 
+       rcu_read_unlock();
+
        return h;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_conntrack_helper_try_module_get);
@@ -311,38 +320,36 @@ void nf_ct_helper_expectfn_unregister(struct 
nf_ct_helper_expectfn *n)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_ct_helper_expectfn_unregister);
 
+/* Caller should hold the rcu lock */
 struct nf_ct_helper_expectfn *
 nf_ct_helper_expectfn_find_by_name(const char *name)
 {
        struct nf_ct_helper_expectfn *cur;
        bool found = false;
 
-       rcu_read_lock();
        list_for_each_entry_rcu(cur, &nf_ct_helper_expectfn_list, head) {
                if (!strcmp(cur->name, name)) {
                        found = true;
                        break;
                }
        }
-       rcu_read_unlock();
        return found ? cur : NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_ct_helper_expectfn_find_by_name);
 
+/* Caller should hold the rcu lock */
 struct nf_ct_helper_expectfn *
 nf_ct_helper_expectfn_find_by_symbol(const void *symbol)
 {
        struct nf_ct_helper_expectfn *cur;
        bool found = false;
 
-       rcu_read_lock();
        list_for_each_entry_rcu(cur, &nf_ct_helper_expectfn_list, head) {
                if (cur->expectfn == symbol) {
                        found = true;
                        break;
                }
        }
-       rcu_read_unlock();
        return found ? cur : NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_ct_helper_expectfn_find_by_symbol);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c 
b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index 59ee27deb9a0..06d28ac663df 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -3133,23 +3133,27 @@ ctnetlink_create_expect(struct net *net,
                return -ENOENT;
        ct = nf_ct_tuplehash_to_ctrack(h);
 
+       rcu_read_lock();
        if (cda[CTA_EXPECT_HELP_NAME]) {
                const char *helpname = nla_data(cda[CTA_EXPECT_HELP_NAME]);
 
                helper = __nf_conntrack_helper_find(helpname, u3,
                                                    nf_ct_protonum(ct));
                if (helper == NULL) {
+                       rcu_read_unlock();
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
                        if (request_module("nfct-helper-%s", helpname) < 0) {
                                err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
                                goto err_ct;
                        }
+                       rcu_read_lock();
                        helper = __nf_conntrack_helper_find(helpname, u3,
                                                            nf_ct_protonum(ct));
                        if (helper) {
                                err = -EAGAIN;
-                               goto err_ct;
+                               goto err_rcu;
                        }
+                       rcu_read_unlock();
 #endif
                        err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
                        goto err_ct;
@@ -3159,11 +3163,13 @@ ctnetlink_create_expect(struct net *net,
        exp = ctnetlink_alloc_expect(cda, ct, helper, &tuple, &mask);
        if (IS_ERR(exp)) {
                err = PTR_ERR(exp);
-               goto err_ct;
+               goto err_rcu;
        }
 
        err = nf_ct_expect_related_report(exp, portid, report);
        nf_ct_expect_put(exp);
+err_rcu:
+       rcu_read_unlock();
 err_ct:
        nf_ct_put(ct);
        return err;
-- 
2.1.4

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