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iptables/iptables-batch-lock.patch
Jan Engelhardt 1926c173b5 Accepting request 506228 from home:mgerstner:branches:security:netfilter
- 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.

OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/506228
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/security:netfilter/iptables?expand=0&rev=93
2017-06-29 11:37:40 +00:00

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Index: iptables-1.6.1/iptables/iptables-batch.c
===================================================================
--- iptables-1.6.1.orig/iptables/iptables-batch.c
+++ iptables-1.6.1/iptables/iptables-batch.c
@@ -404,6 +404,34 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
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's no unlock() equivalent. The lock file descriptor is smiply
+ * left open until the process exits. Thus we'd 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(-1, &wait_interval) != true )
+ {
+ fprintf(stderr, "failed to acquire the xtables lock\n");
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
while((r = getline(&iline, &llen, fp)) != -1)
{
if(llen < 1 || !*iline)
Index: iptables-1.6.1/iptables/xshared.c
===================================================================
--- iptables-1.6.1.orig/iptables/xshared.c
+++ iptables-1.6.1/iptables/xshared.c
@@ -250,8 +250,14 @@ void xs_init_match(struct xtables_match
bool xtables_lock(int wait, struct timeval *wait_interval)
{
struct timeval time_left, wait_time, waited_time;
+ static bool already_locked = false;
int fd, i = 0;
+ if( already_locked ) {
+ // avoid dead-locks, see iptables-batch.c
+ return true;
+ }
+
time_left.tv_sec = wait;
time_left.tv_usec = 0;
waited_time.tv_sec = 0;
@@ -262,8 +268,10 @@ bool xtables_lock(int wait, struct timev
return true;
while (1) {
- if (flock(fd, LOCK_EX | LOCK_NB) == 0)
+ if (flock(fd, LOCK_EX | LOCK_NB) == 0) {
+ already_locked = true;
return true;
+ }
if (++i % 10 == 0) {
if (wait != -1)
fprintf(stderr, "Another app is currently holding the xtables lock; "