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-rw-r--r--net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index 5276a2dd56f..b0b06c7a948 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -425,7 +425,6 @@ __nf_conntrack_confirm(struct sk_buff *skb)
/* Remove from unconfirmed list */
hlist_nulls_del_rcu(&ct->tuplehash[IP_CT_DIR_ORIGINAL].hnnode);
- __nf_conntrack_hash_insert(ct, hash, repl_hash);
/* Timer relative to confirmation time, not original
setting time, otherwise we'd get timer wrap in
weird delay cases. */
@@ -433,8 +432,16 @@ __nf_conntrack_confirm(struct sk_buff *skb)
add_timer(&ct->timeout);
atomic_inc(&ct->ct_general.use);
set_bit(IPS_CONFIRMED_BIT, &ct->status);
+
+ /* Since the lookup is lockless, hash insertion must be done after
+ * starting the timer and setting the CONFIRMED bit. The RCU barriers
+ * guarantee that no other CPU can find the conntrack before the above
+ * stores are visible.
+ */
+ __nf_conntrack_hash_insert(ct, hash, repl_hash);
NF_CT_STAT_INC(net, insert);
spin_unlock_bh(&nf_conntrack_lock);
+
help = nfct_help(ct);
if (help && help->helper)
nf_conntrack_event_cache(IPCT_HELPER, ct);