[PATCH nf-next] netfilter: flowtable: check namespace before iterating flows

From: Qingfang Deng

Date: Wed Sep 09 2026 - 04:29:38 EST


nf_flow_table_cleanup() walks every registered flow table, checking the
network namespace for each flow in nf_flow_table_do_cleanup(). As a
result, tables in other namespaces are still iterated and their cleanup
work is flushed.

Compare the flow table's namespace with the device's namespace in
nf_flow_table_cleanup() and skip nonmatching tables. This avoids
unnecessary iteration and work flushing, and leaves the per-flow cleanup
callback to check only the interface index.

Signed-off-by: Qingfang Deng <qingfang.deng@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c | 17 +++++++----------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c
index 03241d4bfd5e..52cca7a8f141 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c
@@ -730,14 +730,9 @@ static void nf_flow_table_do_cleanup(struct nf_flowtable *flow_table,
{
struct net_device *dev = data;

- if (!dev) {
- flow_offload_teardown(flow);
- return;
- }
-
- if (net_eq(nf_ct_net(flow->ct), dev_net(dev)) &&
- (flow->tuplehash[0].tuple.iifidx == dev->ifindex ||
- flow->tuplehash[1].tuple.iifidx == dev->ifindex))
+ if (!dev ||
+ flow->tuplehash[0].tuple.iifidx == dev->ifindex ||
+ flow->tuplehash[1].tuple.iifidx == dev->ifindex)
flow_offload_teardown(flow);
}

@@ -754,8 +749,10 @@ void nf_flow_table_cleanup(struct net_device *dev)
struct nf_flowtable *flowtable;

mutex_lock(&flowtable_lock);
- list_for_each_entry(flowtable, &flowtables, list)
- nf_flow_table_gc_cleanup(flowtable, dev);
+ list_for_each_entry(flowtable, &flowtables, list) {
+ if (net_eq(read_pnet(&flowtable->net), dev_net(dev)))
+ nf_flow_table_gc_cleanup(flowtable, dev);
+ }
mutex_unlock(&flowtable_lock);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_flow_table_cleanup);
--
2.43.0