netfilter: nf_tables: Allow set back-ends to report partial overlaps on insertion

Currently, the -EEXIST return code of ->insert() callbacks is ambiguous: it
might indicate that a given element (including intervals) already exists as
such, or that the new element would clash with existing ones.

If identical elements already exist, the front-end is ignoring this without
returning error, in case NLM_F_EXCL is not set. However, if the new element
can't be inserted due an overlap, we should report this to the user.

To this purpose, allow set back-ends to return -ENOTEMPTY on collision with
existing elements, translate that to -EEXIST, and return that to userspace,
no matter if NLM_F_EXCL was set.

Reported-by: Phil Sutter <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <[email protected]>

Author: ummakynes

net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c

@@ -5082,6 +5082,11 @@ static int nft_add_set_elem(struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_set *set,
 				err = -EBUSY;
 			else if (!(nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_EXCL))
 				err = 0;
+		} else if (err == -ENOTEMPTY) {
+			/* ENOTEMPTY reports overlapping between this element
+			 * and an existing one.
+			 */
+			err = -EEXIST;
 		}
 		goto err_element_clash;
 	}