[PATCH 6.1.y 2/2] netfilter: nf_tables: join hook list via splice_list_rcu() in commit phase
From: Benjamin Robin (Schneider Electric)
Date: Fri Sep 25 2026 - 04:17:51 EST
From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit a6134e62dba2ea4f760b29d5226907f447c92400 ]
Publish new hooks in the list into the basechain/flowtable using
splice_list_rcu() to ensure netlink dump list traversal via rcu is safe
while concurrent ruleset update is going on.
Fixes: 78d9f48f7f44 ("netfilter: nf_tables: add devices to existing flowtable")
Fixes: b9703ed44ffb ("netfilter: nf_tables: support for adding new devices to an existing netdev chain")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Robin (Schneider Electric) <benjamin.robin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 96b0638c220a..a373a0969e99 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -9995,8 +9995,8 @@ static int nf_tables_commit(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb)
nft_trans_flowtable(trans),
&nft_trans_flowtable_hooks(trans),
NFT_MSG_NEWFLOWTABLE);
- list_splice(&nft_trans_flowtable_hooks(trans),
- &nft_trans_flowtable(trans)->hook_list);
+ list_splice_rcu(&nft_trans_flowtable_hooks(trans),
+ &nft_trans_flowtable(trans)->hook_list);
} else {
nft_clear(net, nft_trans_flowtable(trans));
nf_tables_flowtable_notify(&trans->ctx,
--
2.55.0