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 08/10] netfilter: ctnetlink: fix use-after-free of exp->master in single expectation GET
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 22:08:43 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260309210845.15657-9-fw@strlen.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260309210845.15657-1-fw@strlen.de>
From: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com>
ctnetlink_get_expect() in the non-dump path calls
nf_ct_expect_find_get() which only takes a reference on the expectation
itself, not on exp->master. It then calls ctnetlink_exp_fill_info()
which dereferences exp->master extensively (tuplehash, ct->ext via
nfct_help()).
A concurrent conntrack deletion through NFNL_SUBSYS_CTNETLINK (a
different nfnetlink subsystem mutex than NFNL_SUBSYS_CTNETLINK_EXP) can
free the master conntrack while the single GET is in progress, leading
to use-after-free. In particular, kfree(ct->ext) is immediate and not
RCU-deferred.
Fix this by taking a reference on exp->master under rcu_read_lock
(required for SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU) before calling
ctnetlink_exp_fill_info() and releasing it afterwards.
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ctnetlink_dump_tuples_ip+0xbc/0x1f0
Read of size 2 at addr ffff8881042a8cb2 by task poc3/134
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 134 Comm: poc3 Not tainted 7.0.0-rc2+ #6 PREEMPTLAZY
Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC v2 (i440FX + PIIX, arch_caps fix, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
ctnetlink_dump_tuples_ip+0xbc/0x1f0
ctnetlink_dump_tuples+0x19/0x60
ctnetlink_exp_dump_tuple+0x6f/0xd0
ctnetlink_exp_dump_expect+0x315/0x660
ctnetlink_exp_fill_info.constprop.0+0xf9/0x180
ctnetlink_get_expect+0x2f3/0x400
nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x48e/0x510
netlink_rcv_skb+0xc9/0x1f0
nfnetlink_rcv+0xdb/0x220
netlink_unicast+0x3ec/0x590
netlink_sendmsg+0x397/0x690
___sys_sendmsg+0xfc/0x170
__sys_sendmsg+0xf4/0x180
do_syscall_64+0xc3/0x6e0
Allocated by task 131:
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
do_syscall_64+0xc3/0x6e0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
Freed by task 0:
__kasan_slab_free+0x43/0x70
slab_free_after_rcu_debug+0xad/0x1e0
rcu_core+0x5c3/0x9c0
handle_softirqs+0x148/0x460
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
The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8881042a8c80
which belongs to the cache nf_conntrack of size 248
The buggy address is located 50 bytes inside of
freed 248-byte region [ffff8881042a8c80, ffff8881042a8d78)
Fixes: c1d10adb4a52 ("[NETFILTER]: Add ctnetlink port for nf_conntrack")
Signed-off-by: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
---
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index 65aa44a12d01..10a9b98368f4 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -3324,6 +3324,7 @@ static int ctnetlink_get_expect(struct sk_buff *skb,
{
u_int8_t u3 = info->nfmsg->nfgen_family;
struct nf_conntrack_tuple tuple;
+ struct nf_conn *master;
struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp;
struct nf_conntrack_zone zone;
struct sk_buff *skb2;
@@ -3378,10 +3379,19 @@ static int ctnetlink_get_expect(struct sk_buff *skb,
}
rcu_read_lock();
+ master = exp->master;
+ if (!refcount_inc_not_zero(&master->ct_general.use)) {
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ nf_ct_expect_put(exp);
+ kfree_skb(skb2);
+ return -ENOENT;
+ }
+
err = ctnetlink_exp_fill_info(skb2, NETLINK_CB(skb).portid,
info->nlh->nlmsg_seq, IPCTNL_MSG_EXP_NEW,
exp);
rcu_read_unlock();
+ nf_ct_put(master);
nf_ct_expect_put(exp);
if (err <= 0) {
kfree_skb(skb2);
--
2.52.0
next prev 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 ` [PATCH net 07/10] netfilter: ctnetlink: fix use-after-free in ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct() Florian Westphal
2026-03-09 21:08 ` Florian Westphal [this message]
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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