From d338693d778579b676a61346849bebd892427158 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Westphal Date: Wed, 6 May 2026 12:07:16 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] netfilter: x_tables: unregister the templates first When the module is going away we need to zap the template first. Else there is a small race window where userspace could instantiate a new table after the pernet exit function has removed the current table. Fixes: fdacd57c79b7 ("netfilter: x_tables: never register tables by default") Reported-by: Tristan Madani Reviewed-by: Tristan Madani Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netfilter-devel/20260429175613.1459342-1-tristmd@gmail.com/ Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso --- net/ipv4/netfilter/arptable_filter.c | 2 +- net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_filter.c | 2 +- net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_mangle.c | 2 +- net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_raw.c | 2 +- net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_security.c | 2 +- net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_filter.c | 2 +- net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_mangle.c | 2 +- net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_raw.c | 2 +- net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_security.c | 2 +- 9 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/arptable_filter.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/arptable_filter.c index 393d9a8c77390..382345567a600 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/arptable_filter.c +++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/arptable_filter.c @@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ static int __init arptable_filter_init(void) static void __exit arptable_filter_fini(void) { - unregister_pernet_subsys(&arptable_filter_net_ops); xt_unregister_template(&packet_filter); + unregister_pernet_subsys(&arptable_filter_net_ops); kfree(arpfilter_ops); } diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_filter.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_filter.c index b2fbd9651d61a..0dea754a91209 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_filter.c +++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_filter.c @@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ static int __init iptable_filter_init(void) static void __exit iptable_filter_fini(void) { - unregister_pernet_subsys(&iptable_filter_net_ops); xt_unregister_template(&packet_filter); + unregister_pernet_subsys(&iptable_filter_net_ops); kfree(filter_ops); } diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_mangle.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_mangle.c index a99e619961975..4d3b124923080 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_mangle.c +++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_mangle.c @@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ static int __init iptable_mangle_init(void) static void __exit iptable_mangle_fini(void) { - unregister_pernet_subsys(&iptable_mangle_net_ops); xt_unregister_template(&packet_mangler); + unregister_pernet_subsys(&iptable_mangle_net_ops); kfree(mangle_ops); } diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_raw.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_raw.c index 42511721e538a..6f7afec7954bd 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_raw.c +++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_raw.c @@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ static int __init iptable_raw_init(void) static void __exit iptable_raw_fini(void) { + xt_unregister_template(&packet_raw); unregister_pernet_subsys(&iptable_raw_net_ops); kfree(rawtable_ops); - xt_unregister_template(&packet_raw); } module_init(iptable_raw_init); diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_security.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_security.c index 4646bf6d7d2bd..81175c20ccbe8 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_security.c +++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_security.c @@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ static int __init iptable_security_init(void) static void __exit iptable_security_fini(void) { + xt_unregister_template(&security_table); unregister_pernet_subsys(&iptable_security_net_ops); kfree(sectbl_ops); - xt_unregister_template(&security_table); } module_init(iptable_security_init); diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_filter.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_filter.c index f05a9e4b2c676..cf561919bde84 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_filter.c +++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_filter.c @@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ static int __init ip6table_filter_init(void) static void __exit ip6table_filter_fini(void) { - unregister_pernet_subsys(&ip6table_filter_net_ops); xt_unregister_template(&packet_filter); + unregister_pernet_subsys(&ip6table_filter_net_ops); kfree(filter_ops); } diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_mangle.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_mangle.c index afa4a5703e433..1a758f2bc5379 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_mangle.c +++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_mangle.c @@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ static int __init ip6table_mangle_init(void) static void __exit ip6table_mangle_fini(void) { - unregister_pernet_subsys(&ip6table_mangle_net_ops); xt_unregister_template(&packet_mangler); + unregister_pernet_subsys(&ip6table_mangle_net_ops); kfree(mangle_ops); } diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_raw.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_raw.c index 32d2da81c52a7..923455921c1dd 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_raw.c +++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_raw.c @@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ static int __init ip6table_raw_init(void) static void __exit ip6table_raw_fini(void) { - unregister_pernet_subsys(&ip6table_raw_net_ops); xt_unregister_template(&packet_raw); + unregister_pernet_subsys(&ip6table_raw_net_ops); kfree(rawtable_ops); } diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_security.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_security.c index 3dfd8d6ea4b90..c44834d93fc79 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_security.c +++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_security.c @@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ static int __init ip6table_security_init(void) static void __exit ip6table_security_fini(void) { - unregister_pernet_subsys(&ip6table_security_net_ops); xt_unregister_template(&security_table); + unregister_pernet_subsys(&ip6table_security_net_ops); kfree(sectbl_ops); } -- 2.47.3