From e62cb1c093d6b7849c14060dae7418911d99df8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ziyang Xuan Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2022 09:12:02 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] netfilter: nfnetlink: fix potential dead lock in nfnetlink_rcv_msg() [ Upstream commit 03832a32bf8ff0a8305d94ddd3979835a807248f ] When type is NFNL_CB_MUTEX and -EAGAIN error occur in nfnetlink_rcv_msg(), it does not execute nfnl_unlock(). That would trigger potential dead lock. Fixes: 50f2db9e368f ("netfilter: nfnetlink: consolidate callback types") Signed-off-by: Ziyang Xuan Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c index 7e2c8dd01408..2cce4033a70a 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c @@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ replay: nfnl_lock(subsys_id); if (nfnl_dereference_protected(subsys_id) != ss || nfnetlink_find_client(type, ss) != nc) { + nfnl_unlock(subsys_id); err = -EAGAIN; break; }