Re: [PATCH nf] netfilter: ipset: skip extension destroy on hash resize replay

From: Weiming Shi

Date: Mon Jul 13 2026 - 12:21:07 EST


Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 于2026年7月13日周一 20:59写道:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, 3 Jul 2026, Weiming Shi wrote:
>
> > During a hash set resize, mtype_resize() copies each element into the
> > new table with memcpy(), so the new-table element shares the old-table
> > element's comment extension. An xt_SET delete on the old table during
> > the resize destroys that shared comment via ip_set_ext_destroy() and
> > queues a replayed delete on h->ad. After the table swap mtype_resize()
> > replays it with mtype_del() on the new table, whose copy still points at
> > the freed comment, so ip_set_ext_destroy() frees it a second time:
> >
> > ODEBUG: activate active (active state 1) object: ... object type: rcu_head
> > WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 5311 at lib/debugobjects.c:514 debug_print_object
> > Call Trace:
> > <IRQ>
> > kvfree_call_rcu (kernel/rcu/tree.c:3825)
> > ip_set_comment_free (net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c:397)
> > hash_ip4_del (net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h:1098)
> > hash_ip4_kadt (net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_ip.c:96)
> > ip_set_del (net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c:813)
> > set_target_v3 (net/netfilter/xt_set.c:412)
> > ipt_do_table (net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c:346)
> > __ip_local_out (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:119)
> > icmp_push_reply (net/ipv4/icmp.c:397)
> > __icmp_send (net/ipv4/icmp.c:804)
> > __udp4_lib_rcv (net/ipv4/udp.c:2521)
> > ip_local_deliver (net/ipv4/ip_input.c:254)
> > ip_rcv (net/ipv4/ip_input.c:569)
> > </IRQ>
> >
> > The replay passes a NULL ext (the kernel-side delete that queued it
> > already destroyed the extensions), so skip ip_set_ext_destroy() when ext
> > is NULL. This also avoids the NULL ext->target dereference that was only
> > kept safe by the new table's ref being zero.
> >
> > Reachable from an unprivileged user namespace.
> >
> > Fixes: f66ee0410b1c ("netfilter: ipset: Fix \"INFO: rcu detected stall in hash_xxx\" reports")
> > Reported-by: Xiang Mei <xmei5@xxxxxxx>
> > Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
> > Signed-off-by: Weiming Shi <bestswngs@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h | 6 ++++--
> > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h
> > index 5e4453e9e..bc909ae2d 100644
> > --- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h
> > +++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h
> > @@ -1080,9 +1080,11 @@ mtype_del(struct ip_set *set, void *value, const struct ip_set_ext *ext,
> > mtype_del_cidr(set, h,
> > NCIDR_PUT(DCIDR_GET(d->cidr, j)), j);
> > #endif
> > - ip_set_ext_destroy(set, data);
> > + /* On a resize replay the extensions were already destroyed. */
> > + if (ext)
> > + ip_set_ext_destroy(set, data);
> >
> > - if (atomic_read(&t->ref) && ext->target) {
> > + if (ext && atomic_read(&t->ref) && ext->target) {
> > /* Resize is in process and kernel side del,
> > * save values
> > */
>
> Please rebase your patch against the nf-next tree
> (git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netfilter/nf-next.git): the
> second chunk of your patch is not needed as it has been fixed.
>
> Thank you and best regards,
> Jozsef

Hi,

Thanks for your review. v2 sent.

Best regards,
Weiming Shi