Jakub Kicinski 317bbe5301 Merge tag 'nf-26-05-16' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netfilter/nf
Pablo Neira Ayuso says:

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Netfilter/IPVS fixes for net

The following patchset contains Netfilter/IPVS fixes for net:

1) Fix small race windows in nf_ct_helper_log() when accessing helper,
   from Florian Westphal.

2) Fix potential infinite loop and race conditions in IPVS caused by
   frequent user-triggered service table changes, from Julia Anastasov.

3) Fix a race condition when dumping ipsets for restore,
   from Jozsef Kadlecsik.

4) Fix inner transport offset in IPv6 in nft_inner when extension
   headers come before the layer 4 transport header, from Yizhou Zhao.

5) Fix incorrect iteration over IPv4 ranges in several hash set types,
   from Nan Li.

6) Fix incorrect order when restoring BH in nft_inner_restore_tun_ctx(),
   from Florian Westphal.

7) Validate option array from ip6t_hbh checkpath() to fix an off-by-one
   access, from Zhengchuan Liang.

8) Fix race condition between ipset list -terse and concurrent updates,
   from Jozsef Kadlecisk.

9) Fix race condition when inserting elements into a hash bucket, also
   from Jozsef.

10) Annotate access to first free slot in hashtable, from Jozsef Kadlecsik.

11) Ensure sufficient headroom in br_netfilter neigh transmission,
    from Lorenzo Bianconi.

12) Hold reference on skb->dev in nfqueue exit path, bridge local input
    is speciall since skb->dev != state->indev, allowing for net_device
    to go away while packet is sitting in nfqueue. From Haoze Xie.

* tag 'nf-26-05-16' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netfilter/nf:
  netfilter: nf_queue: hold bridge skb->dev while queued
  netfilter: br_netfilter: Reallocate headroom if necessary in neigh_hh_bridge()
  netfilter: ipset: annotate "pos" for concurrent readers/writers
  netfilter: ipset: Fix data race between add and dump in all hash types
  netfilter: ipset: Fix data race between add and list header in all hash types
  netfilter: ip6t_hbh: reject oversized option lists
  netfilter: nft_inner: release local_lock before re-enabling softirqs
  netfilter: ipset: stop hash:* range iteration at end
  netfilter: nft_inner: Fix IPv6 inner_thoff desync
  netfilter: ipset: fix a potential dump-destroy race
  ipvs: avoid possible loop in ip_vs_dst_event on resizing
  netfilter: nf_conntrack_helper: fix possible null deref during error log
====================

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260516115627.967773-1-pablo@netfilter.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-05-18 16:59:30 -07:00
2026-01-26 19:07:09 -08:00
2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
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-----------------------

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