iptables/iptables-batch-lock.patch

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From: Matthias Gerstner <matthias.gerstner@suse.com>
Date: 2017-06-26T10:53:24+0000
- fix a locking issue of iptables-batch which can cause it to spuriously fail
when other programs modify the iptables rules in parallel (bnc#1045130).
This can especially affect SuSEfirewall2 during startup.
---
iptables/iptables-batch.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
iptables/xshared.c | 8 +++++++-
2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Index: iptables-1.8.8/iptables/iptables-batch.c
===================================================================
--- iptables-1.8.8.orig/iptables/iptables-batch.c
+++ iptables-1.8.8/iptables/iptables-batch.c
@@ -403,6 +403,27 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
tables[3].name = "raw";
tables[3].handle = NULL;
current_table = &tables[0];
+ /*
+ * We need to lock the complete batch processing against parallel
+ * modification by other processes. Otherwise, we can end up with
+ * EAGAIN errors.
+ *
+ * The do_command{4,6} function already locks itself, but the complete
+ * call sequence needs to be locked until the commit is performed.
+ *
+ * Sadly, the xtables_lock() implementation is not very cooperative.
+ * There is no unlock() equivalent. The lock file descriptor is simply
+ * left open until the process exits. Thus, we would have deadlocks
+ * when calling do_command{4,6} the second time.
+ *
+ * To prevent this, part of this patch adds logic to avoid taking the
+ * lock a second time in the same process in xtables_lock()
+ */
+ const struct timeval wait_interval = {.tv_sec = 1};
+ if (!xtables_lock_or_exit(-1, &wait_interval)) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "failed to acquire the xtables lock\n");
+ exit(1);
+ }
while((r = getline(&iline, &llen, fp)) != -1)
{
Index: iptables-1.8.8/iptables/xshared.c
===================================================================
--- iptables-1.8.8.orig/iptables/xshared.c
+++ iptables-1.8.8/iptables/xshared.c
@@ -262,10 +262,14 @@ static void alarm_ignore(int i) {
static int xtables_lock(int wait)
{
+ static bool already_locked = false;
struct sigaction sigact_alarm;
const char *lock_file;
int fd;
+ if (already_locked)
+ /* Avoid deadlocks, see iptables-batch.c */
+ return true;
lock_file = getenv("XTABLES_LOCKFILE");
if (lock_file == NULL || lock_file[0] == '\0')
lock_file = XT_LOCK_NAME;
@@ -285,8 +289,10 @@ static int xtables_lock(int wait)
alarm(wait);
}
- if (flock(fd, LOCK_EX) == 0)
+ if (flock(fd, LOCK_EX) == 0) {
+ already_locked = true;
return fd;
+ }
if (errno == EINTR) {
errno = EWOULDBLOCK;