1eacdd71b3
The sequence counter nft_counter_seq is a per-CPU counter. There is no
lock associated with it. nft_counter_do_eval() is using the same counter
and disables BH which suggest that it can be invoked from a softirq.
This in turn means that nft_counter_offload_stats(), which disables only
preemption, can be interrupted by nft_counter_do_eval() leading to two
writer for one seqcount_t.
This can lead to loosing stats or reading statistics while they are
updated.
Disable BH during stats update in nft_counter_offload_stats() to ensure
one writer at a time.
Fixes: b72920f6e4 ("netfilter: nftables: counter hardware offload support")
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.