When we do "cat /proc/net/nf_conntrack", and meanwhile resize the conntrack
hash table via /sys/module/nf_conntrack/parameters/hashsize, race will
happen, because reader can observe a newly allocated hash but the old size
(or vice versa). So oops will happen like follows：
BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000017
IP: [<ffffffffa0418e21>] seq_print_acct+0x11/0x50 [nf_conntrack]
Call Trace:
[<ffffffffa0412f4e>] ? ct_seq_show+0x14e/0x340 [nf_conntrack]
[<ffffffff81261a1c>] seq_read+0x2cc/0x390
[<ffffffff812a8d62>] proc_reg_read+0x42/0x70
[<ffffffff8123bee7>] __vfs_read+0x37/0x130
[<ffffffff81347980>] ? security_file_permission+0xa0/0xc0
[<ffffffff8123cf75>] vfs_read+0x95/0x140
[<ffffffff8123e475>] SyS_read+0x55/0xc0
[<ffffffff817c2572>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x1a/0xa4
It is very easy to reproduce this kernel crash.
1. open one shell and input the following cmds:
while : ; do
echo $RANDOM > /sys/module/nf_conntrack/parameters/hashsize
done
2. open more shells and input the following cmds:
while : ; do
cat /proc/net/nf_conntrack
done
3. just wait a monent, oops will happen soon.
The solution in this patch is based on Florian's Commit 5e3c61f981
("netfilter: conntrack: fix lookup race during hash resize"). And
add a wrapper function nf_conntrack_get_ht to get hash and hsize
suggested by Florian Westphal.
Signed-off-by: Liping Zhang <liping.zhang@spreadtrum.com>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
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