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From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
To: <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	<netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org>,
	pablo@netfilter.org
Subject: [PATCH net 07/10] netfilter: ctnetlink: fix use-after-free in ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct()
Date: Mon,  9 Mar 2026 22:08:42 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260309210845.15657-8-fw@strlen.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260309210845.15657-1-fw@strlen.de>

From: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com>

ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct() stores a conntrack pointer in cb->data for the
netlink dump callback ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table(), but drops the
conntrack reference immediately after netlink_dump_start().  When the
dump spans multiple rounds, the second recvmsg() triggers the dump
callback which dereferences the now-freed conntrack via nfct_help(ct),
leading to a use-after-free on ct->ext.

The bug is that the netlink_dump_control has no .start or .done
callbacks to manage the conntrack reference across dump rounds.  Other
dump functions in the same file (e.g. ctnetlink_get_conntrack) properly
use .start/.done callbacks for this purpose.

Fix this by adding .start and .done callbacks that hold and release the
conntrack reference for the duration of the dump, and move the
nfct_help() call after the cb->args[0] early-return check in the dump
callback to avoid dereferencing ct->ext unnecessarily.

 BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table+0x4f/0x2e0
 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810597ebf0 by task ctnetlink_poc/133

 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 133 Comm: ctnetlink_poc Not tainted 7.0.0-rc2+ #3 PREEMPTLAZY
 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table+0x4f/0x2e0
  netlink_dump+0x333/0x880
  netlink_recvmsg+0x3e2/0x4b0
  ? aa_sk_perm+0x184/0x450
  sock_recvmsg+0xde/0xf0

 Allocated by task 133:
  kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x134/0x440
  __nf_conntrack_alloc+0xa8/0x2b0
  ctnetlink_create_conntrack+0xa1/0x900
  ctnetlink_new_conntrack+0x3cf/0x7d0
  nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x48e/0x510
  netlink_rcv_skb+0xc9/0x1f0
  nfnetlink_rcv+0xdb/0x220
  netlink_unicast+0x3ec/0x590
  netlink_sendmsg+0x397/0x690
  __sys_sendmsg+0xf4/0x180

 Freed by task 0:
  slab_free_after_rcu_debug+0xad/0x1e0
  rcu_core+0x5c3/0x9c0

 Last potentially related work creation:
  kmem_cache_free+0x1f5/0x440
  nf_conntrack_free+0xc1/0x140
  ctnetlink_del_conntrack+0x4c4/0x520
  nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x48e/0x510
  netlink_rcv_skb+0xc9/0x1f0
  nfnetlink_rcv+0xdb/0x220
  netlink_unicast+0x3ec/0x590
  netlink_sendmsg+0x397/0x690
  __sys_sendmsg+0xf4/0x180

Fixes: e844a928431f ("netfilter: ctnetlink: allow to dump expectation per master conntrack")
Signed-off-by: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index c9d725fc2d71..65aa44a12d01 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -3212,7 +3212,7 @@ ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 {
 	struct nfgenmsg *nfmsg = nlmsg_data(cb->nlh);
 	struct nf_conn *ct = cb->data;
-	struct nf_conn_help *help = nfct_help(ct);
+	struct nf_conn_help *help;
 	u_int8_t l3proto = nfmsg->nfgen_family;
 	unsigned long last_id = cb->args[1];
 	struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp;
@@ -3220,6 +3220,10 @@ ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	if (cb->args[0])
 		return 0;
 
+	help = nfct_help(ct);
+	if (!help)
+		return 0;
+
 	rcu_read_lock();
 
 restart:
@@ -3249,6 +3253,24 @@ ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	return skb->len;
 }
 
+static int ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct_start(struct netlink_callback *cb)
+{
+	struct nf_conn *ct = cb->data;
+
+	if (!refcount_inc_not_zero(&ct->ct_general.use))
+		return -ENOENT;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct_done(struct netlink_callback *cb)
+{
+	struct nf_conn *ct = cb->data;
+
+	if (ct)
+		nf_ct_put(ct);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct(struct net *net, struct sock *ctnl,
 				 struct sk_buff *skb,
 				 const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
@@ -3264,6 +3286,8 @@ static int ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct(struct net *net, struct sock *ctnl,
 	struct nf_conntrack_zone zone;
 	struct netlink_dump_control c = {
 		.dump = ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table,
+		.start = ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct_start,
+		.done = ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct_done,
 	};
 
 	err = ctnetlink_parse_tuple(cda, &tuple, CTA_EXPECT_MASTER,
-- 
2.52.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-03-09 21:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-09 21:08 [PATCH net 00/10] netfilter: updates for net Florian Westphal
2026-03-09 21:08 ` [PATCH net 01/10] netfilter: nf_tables: Fix for duplicate device in netdev hooks Florian Westphal
2026-03-09 21:08 ` [PATCH net 02/10] netfilter: nf_tables: always walk all pending catchall elements Florian Westphal
2026-03-09 21:08 ` [PATCH net 03/10] netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: fix stack out-of-bounds read in pipapo_drop() Florian Westphal
2026-03-09 21:08 ` [PATCH net 04/10] netfilter: x_tables: guard option walkers against 1-byte tail reads Florian Westphal
2026-03-09 21:08 ` [PATCH net 05/10] netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: fix entry leak in bridge verdict error path Florian Westphal
2026-03-09 21:08 ` [PATCH net 06/10] netfilter: nfnetlink_cthelper: fix OOB read in nfnl_cthelper_dump_table() Florian Westphal
2026-03-09 21:08 ` Florian Westphal [this message]
2026-03-09 21:08 ` [PATCH net 08/10] netfilter: ctnetlink: fix use-after-free of exp->master in single expectation GET Florian Westphal
2026-03-09 21:08 ` [PATCH net 09/10] netfilter: ctnetlink: fix use-after-free of exp->master in expectation dump Florian Westphal
2026-03-09 21:08 ` [PATCH net 10/10] netfilter: xt_IDLETIMER: reject rev0 reuse of ALARM timer labels Florian Westphal
2026-03-10 10:56 ` [PATCH net 00/10] netfilter: updates for net Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-03-10 12:33   ` Florian Westphal
2026-03-10 12:41     ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-03-10 12:48       ` Florian Westphal
2026-03-10 13:02 ` Florian Westphal

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