netfilter: nf_tables: Add notifications for hook changes
authorPhil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
Wed, 21 May 2025 20:44:33 +0000 (22:44 +0200)
committerPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Fri, 23 May 2025 11:57:14 +0000 (13:57 +0200)
Notify user space if netdev hooks are updated due to netdev add/remove
events. Send minimal notification messages by introducing
NFT_MSG_NEWDEV/DELDEV message types describing a single device only.

Upon NETDEV_CHANGENAME, the callback has no information about the
interface's old name. To provide a clear message to user space, include
the hook's stored interface name in the notification.

Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h
net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c

index 5e49619ae49c69e29b8cae5d355bda8517a67efd..e4d8e451e93594a297ceaf0f378487f8e4e662b0 100644 (file)
@@ -1142,6 +1142,11 @@ int nft_set_catchall_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_set *set);
 int nf_tables_bind_chain(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_chain *chain);
 void nf_tables_unbind_chain(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_chain *chain);
 
+struct nft_hook;
+void nf_tables_chain_device_notify(const struct nft_chain *chain,
+                                  const struct nft_hook *hook,
+                                  const struct net_device *dev, int event);
+
 enum nft_chain_types {
        NFT_CHAIN_T_DEFAULT = 0,
        NFT_CHAIN_T_ROUTE,
index 2beb30be2c5f8e7452cb270daf3a3213abe4c2cf..518ba144544ce17b5eba4c60b42dc16859a38546 100644 (file)
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ enum nf_tables_msg_types {
        NFT_MSG_DESTROYOBJ,
        NFT_MSG_DESTROYFLOWTABLE,
        NFT_MSG_GETSETELEM_RESET,
+       NFT_MSG_NEWDEV,
+       NFT_MSG_DELDEV,
        NFT_MSG_MAX,
 };
 
@@ -1784,10 +1786,18 @@ enum nft_synproxy_attributes {
  * enum nft_device_attributes - nf_tables device netlink attributes
  *
  * @NFTA_DEVICE_NAME: name of this device (NLA_STRING)
+ * @NFTA_DEVICE_TABLE: table containing the flowtable or chain hooking into the device (NLA_STRING)
+ * @NFTA_DEVICE_FLOWTABLE: flowtable hooking into the device (NLA_STRING)
+ * @NFTA_DEVICE_CHAIN: chain hooking into the device (NLA_STRING)
+ * @NFTA_DEVICE_SPEC: hook spec matching the device (NLA_STRING)
  */
 enum nft_devices_attributes {
        NFTA_DEVICE_UNSPEC,
        NFTA_DEVICE_NAME,
+       NFTA_DEVICE_TABLE,
+       NFTA_DEVICE_FLOWTABLE,
+       NFTA_DEVICE_CHAIN,
+       NFTA_DEVICE_SPEC,
        __NFTA_DEVICE_MAX
 };
 #define NFTA_DEVICE_MAX                (__NFTA_DEVICE_MAX - 1)
index 6cd58cd2a6f00fe485563a2350528d916295852e..50d807af2649b14889e63aa35205b3ba38f308a2 100644 (file)
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ enum nfnetlink_groups {
 #define NFNLGRP_ACCT_QUOTA             NFNLGRP_ACCT_QUOTA
        NFNLGRP_NFTRACE,
 #define NFNLGRP_NFTRACE                        NFNLGRP_NFTRACE
+       NFNLGRP_NFT_DEV,
+#define NFNLGRP_NFT_DEV                        NFNLGRP_NFT_DEV
        __NFNLGRP_MAX,
 };
 #define NFNLGRP_MAX    (__NFNLGRP_MAX - 1)
index a7240736f98e6a2b39d5c23cfbcbdc36d9547fe4..24c71ecb21797fd863c1b8c7f4fdc2ab4aeb6676 100644 (file)
@@ -9686,6 +9686,64 @@ struct nf_hook_ops *nft_hook_find_ops_rcu(const struct nft_hook *hook,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nft_hook_find_ops_rcu);
 
+static void
+nf_tables_device_notify(const struct nft_table *table, int attr,
+                       const char *name, const struct nft_hook *hook,
+                       const struct net_device *dev, int event)
+{
+       struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
+       struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
+       struct sk_buff *skb;
+       u16 flags = 0;
+
+       if (!nfnetlink_has_listeners(net, NFNLGRP_NFT_DEV))
+               return;
+
+       skb = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!skb)
+               goto err;
+
+       event = event == NETDEV_REGISTER ? NFT_MSG_NEWDEV : NFT_MSG_DELDEV;
+       event = nfnl_msg_type(NFNL_SUBSYS_NFTABLES, event);
+       nlh = nfnl_msg_put(skb, 0, 0, event, flags, table->family,
+                          NFNETLINK_V0, nft_base_seq(net));
+       if (!nlh)
+               goto err;
+
+       if (nla_put_string(skb, NFTA_DEVICE_TABLE, table->name) ||
+           nla_put_string(skb, attr, name) ||
+           nla_put(skb, NFTA_DEVICE_SPEC, hook->ifnamelen, hook->ifname) ||
+           nla_put_string(skb, NFTA_DEVICE_NAME, dev->name))
+               goto err;
+
+       nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+       nfnetlink_send(skb, net, 0, NFNLGRP_NFT_DEV,
+                      nlmsg_report(nlh), GFP_KERNEL);
+       return;
+err:
+       if (skb)
+               kfree_skb(skb);
+       nfnetlink_set_err(net, 0, NFNLGRP_NFT_DEV, -ENOBUFS);
+}
+
+void
+nf_tables_chain_device_notify(const struct nft_chain *chain,
+                             const struct nft_hook *hook,
+                             const struct net_device *dev, int event)
+{
+       nf_tables_device_notify(chain->table, NFTA_DEVICE_CHAIN,
+                               chain->name, hook, dev, event);
+}
+
+static void
+nf_tables_flowtable_device_notify(const struct nft_flowtable *ft,
+                                 const struct nft_hook *hook,
+                                 const struct net_device *dev, int event)
+{
+       nf_tables_device_notify(ft->table, NFTA_DEVICE_FLOWTABLE,
+                               ft->name, hook, dev, event);
+}
+
 static int nft_flowtable_event(unsigned long event, struct net_device *dev,
                               struct nft_flowtable *flowtable, bool changename)
 {
@@ -9733,6 +9791,7 @@ static int nft_flowtable_event(unsigned long event, struct net_device *dev,
                        list_add_tail_rcu(&ops->list, &hook->ops_list);
                        break;
                }
+               nf_tables_flowtable_device_notify(flowtable, hook, dev, event);
                break;
        }
        return 0;
index e598a2a252b0a591dd0e6d864b01c9fdac1b58ba..ac77fc21632deae1c6147726f6fa47a0b07f113a 100644 (file)
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ static const int nfnl_group2type[NFNLGRP_MAX+1] = {
        [NFNLGRP_NFTABLES]              = NFNL_SUBSYS_NFTABLES,
        [NFNLGRP_ACCT_QUOTA]            = NFNL_SUBSYS_ACCT,
        [NFNLGRP_NFTRACE]               = NFNL_SUBSYS_NFTABLES,
+       [NFNLGRP_NFT_DEV]               = NFNL_SUBSYS_NFTABLES,
 };
 
 static struct nfnl_net *nfnl_pernet(struct net *net)
index b16185e9a6dd7211400e36e7ec34aefcf2c7b9ce..846d48ba896529a8bbe3076551958963696f30b0 100644 (file)
@@ -363,6 +363,8 @@ static int nft_netdev_event(unsigned long event, struct net_device *dev,
                        list_add_tail_rcu(&ops->list, &hook->ops_list);
                        break;
                }
+               nf_tables_chain_device_notify(&basechain->chain,
+                                             hook, dev, event);
                break;
        }
        return 0;