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Title:
  On new port, traffic flow is allowed before security groups are
  programmed

Status in neutron:
  Triaged
Status in OpenStack Security Advisory:
  Won't Fix

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  Description:
  During the creation of a neutron port, in the ovs_neutron_agent, traffic flow is enabled shortly before security groups are programmed.

  File: neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/openvswitch/agent/ovs_neutron_agent.py
  Funtion: process_network_ports

  Step-by-step:
  During the creation of a neutron port, the following calls are made:
  - treat_devices_added_or_updated
  - sg_agent.setup_port_filters
  - _bind_devices

  Before early November, process_network_ports called
  sg_agent.setup_port_filters before it called _bind_devices. This meant
  that security groups were programmed before traffic flow is enabled by
  _bind_devices, which sets the port-lvm mapping in br-int.

  Bug #1512636 reversed this order of operation, so that _bind_devices
  is called before sg_agent.setup_port_filters. This opens up a brief
  security hole, allowing traffic to flow for a short time before
  security groups are applied.

  Proposed solution:
  Revert bug# 1512636

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