Re: [PATCH] netfilter: nft_counter: Fix reset of counters on 32bit archs
From: Florian Westphal
Date: Mon Dec 15 2025 - 07:36:21 EST
Anders Grahn <anders.grahn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> nft_counter_reset() calls u64_stats_add() with a negative value to reset
> the counter. This will work on 64bit archs, hence the negative value
> added will wrap as a 64bit value which then can wrap the stat counter as
> well.
>
> On 32bit archs, the added negative value will wrap as a 32bit value and
> _not_ wrapping the stat counter properly. In most cases, this would just
> lead to a very large 32bit value being added to the stat counter.
>
> Fix by introducing u64_stats_sub().
>
> Fixes: 4a1d3acd6ea8 ("netfilter: nft_counter: Use u64_stats_t for statistic")
> Signed-off-by: Anders Grahn <anders.grahn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/u64_stats_sync.h | 10 ++++++++++
> net/netfilter/nft_counter.c | 4 ++--
> 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/u64_stats_sync.h b/include/linux/u64_stats_sync.h
> index 457879938fc1..9942d29b17e5 100644
> --- a/include/linux/u64_stats_sync.h
> +++ b/include/linux/u64_stats_sync.h
> @@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ static inline void u64_stats_add(u64_stats_t *p, unsigned long val)
> local64_add(val, &p->v);
> }
>
> +static inline void u64_stats_sub(u64_stats_t *p, unsigned long val)
> +{
> + local64_sub(val, &p->v);
> +}
That still truncates val on 32bit. Maybe use "s64 val"?