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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, kuba@kernel.org,
	pabeni@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com, fw@strlen.de,
	horms@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 2/7] netfilter: conntrack: Bound nf_conntrack sysctl writes
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2025 11:09:17 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250323100922.59983-3-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250323100922.59983-1-pablo@netfilter.org>

From: Nicolas Bouchinet <nicolas.bouchinet@ssi.gouv.fr>

nf_conntrack_max and nf_conntrack_expect_max sysctls were authorized to
be written any negative value, which would then be stored in the
unsigned int variables nf_conntrack_max and nf_ct_expect_max variables.

While the do_proc_dointvec_conv function is supposed to limit writing
handled by proc_dointvec proc_handler to INT_MAX. Such a negative value
being written in an unsigned int leads to a very high value, exceeding
this limit.

Moreover, the nf_conntrack_expect_max sysctl documentation specifies the
minimum value is 1.

The proc_handlers have thus been updated to proc_dointvec_minmax in
order to specify the following write bounds :

* Bound nf_conntrack_max sysctl writings between SYSCTL_ZERO
  and SYSCTL_INT_MAX.

* Bound nf_conntrack_expect_max sysctl writings between SYSCTL_ONE
  and SYSCTL_INT_MAX as defined in the sysctl documentation.

With this patch applied, sysctl writes outside the defined in the bound
will thus lead to a write error :

```
sysctl -w net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_expect_max=-1
sysctl: setting key "net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_expect_max": Invalid argument
```

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Bouchinet <nicolas.bouchinet@ssi.gouv.fr>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c
index 502cf10aab41..2f666751c7e7 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c
@@ -618,7 +618,9 @@ static struct ctl_table nf_ct_sysctl_table[] = {
 		.data		= &nf_conntrack_max,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
+		.extra2		= SYSCTL_INT_MAX,
 	},
 	[NF_SYSCTL_CT_COUNT] = {
 		.procname	= "nf_conntrack_count",
@@ -654,7 +656,9 @@ static struct ctl_table nf_ct_sysctl_table[] = {
 		.data		= &nf_ct_expect_max,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ONE,
+		.extra2		= SYSCTL_INT_MAX,
 	},
 	[NF_SYSCTL_CT_ACCT] = {
 		.procname	= "nf_conntrack_acct",
@@ -947,7 +951,9 @@ static struct ctl_table nf_ct_netfilter_table[] = {
 		.data		= &nf_conntrack_max,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
+		.extra2		= SYSCTL_INT_MAX,
 	},
 };
 
-- 
2.30.2


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-03-23 10:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-03-23 10:09 [PATCH net-next 0/7] Netfilter updates for net-next Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-03-23 10:09 ` [PATCH net-next 1/7] netfilter: xt_hashlimit: replace vmalloc calls with kvmalloc Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-03-25 15:40   ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
2025-03-23 10:09 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2025-03-23 10:09 ` [PATCH net-next 3/7] netfilter: fib: avoid lookup if socket is available Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-03-23 10:09 ` [PATCH net-next 4/7] netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: Initialize ctx to avoid memory allocation error Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-03-23 10:09 ` [PATCH net-next 5/7] netfilter: xtables: Use strscpy() instead of strscpy_pad() Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-03-23 10:09 ` [PATCH net-next 6/7] netfilter: socket: Lookup orig tuple for IPv6 SNAT Pablo Neira Ayuso
2025-03-23 10:09 ` [PATCH net-next 7/7] netfilter: nf_tables: Only use nf_skip_indirect_calls() when MITIGATION_RETPOLINE Pablo Neira Ayuso

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