In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: conntrack: fix using __this_cpu_add in preemptible

Currently in nf_conntrack_hash_check_insert(), when it fails in
nf_ct_ext_valid_pre/post(), NF_CT_STAT_INC() will be called in the
preemptible context, a call trace can be triggered:

BUG: using __this_cpu_add() in preemptible [00000000] code: conntrack/1636
caller is nf_conntrack_hash_check_insert+0x45/0x430 [nf_conntrack]
Call Trace:

dump_stack_lvl+0x33/0x46
check_preemption_disabled+0xc3/0xf0
nf_conntrack_hash_check_insert+0x45/0x430 [nf_conntrack]
ctnetlink_create_conntrack+0x3cd/0x4e0 [nf_conntrack_netlink]
ctnetlink_new_conntrack+0x1c0/0x450 [nf_conntrack_netlink]
nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x277/0x2f0 [nfnetlink]
netlink_rcv_skb+0x50/0x100
nfnetlink_rcv+0x65/0x144 [nfnetlink]
netlink_unicast+0x1ae/0x290
netlink_sendmsg+0x257/0x4f0
sock_sendmsg+0x5f/0x70

This patch is to fix it by changing to use NF_CT_STAT_INC_ATOMIC() for
nf_ct_ext_valid_pre/post() check in nf_conntrack_hash_check_insert(),
as well as nf_ct_ext_valid_post() in __nf_conntrack_confirm().

Note that nf_ct_ext_valid_pre() check in __nf_conntrack_confirm() is
safe to use NF_CT_STAT_INC(), as it's under local_bh_disable().

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48974
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9464d0b68f11a9bc768370c3260ec02b3550447b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9bf1138a5db419db13bd9fcd3a7178d6bb20f7c