[Devel] [PATCH v2] netfilter: nf_log: fix error on write NONE to logger choice sysctl

[Pavel Tikhomirov]

It is hard to unbind nf-logger:

  echo NONE > /proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_log/0
  bash: echo: write error: No such file or directory

  sysctl -w net.netfilter.nf_log.0=NONE
  sysctl: setting key "net.netfilter.nf_log.0": No such file or directory
  net.netfilter.nf_log.0 = NONE

You need explicitly send '\0', for instance like:

  echo -e "NONE\0" > /proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_log/0

That seem to be strange, so fix it using proc_dostring.

Now it works fine:
   modprobe nfnetlink_log
   echo nfnetlink_log > /proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_log/0
   cat /proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_log/0
   nfnetlink_log
   echo NONE > /proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_log/0
   cat /proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_log/0
   NONE

v2: add missed error check for proc_dostring

Signed-off-by: Pavel Tikhomirov <ptikhomirov at virtuozzo.com>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_log.c | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_log.c b/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
index a5d41df..58ea5b0 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
@@ -398,16 +398,17 @@ static int nf_log_proc_dostring(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 {
 	const struct nf_logger *logger;
 	char buf[NFLOGGER_NAME_LEN];
-	size_t size = *lenp;
 	int r = 0;
 	int tindex = (unsigned long)table->extra1;
 	struct net *net = current->nsproxy->net_ns;
 
 	if (write) {
-		if (size > sizeof(buf))
-			size = sizeof(buf);
-		if (copy_from_user(buf, buffer, size))
-			return -EFAULT;
+		struct ctl_table tmp = *table;
+
+		tmp.data = buf;
+		r = proc_dostring(&tmp, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+		if (r)
+			return r;
 
 		if (!strcmp(buf, "NONE")) {
 			nf_log_unbind_pf(net, tindex);
-- 
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