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 06/10] netfilter: ctnetlink: zero expect NAT fields when CTA_EXPECT_NAT absent
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 12:36:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260401103646.1015423-7-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260401103646.1015423-1-pablo@netfilter.org>
From: Qi Tang <tpluszz77@gmail.com>
ctnetlink_alloc_expect() allocates expectations from a non-zeroing
slab cache via nf_ct_expect_alloc(). When CTA_EXPECT_NAT is not
present in the netlink message, saved_addr and saved_proto are
never initialized. Stale data from a previous slab occupant can
then be dumped to userspace by ctnetlink_exp_dump_expect(), which
checks these fields to decide whether to emit CTA_EXPECT_NAT.
The safe sibling nf_ct_expect_init(), used by the packet path,
explicitly zeroes these fields.
Zero saved_addr, saved_proto and dir in the else branch, guarded
by IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NF_NAT) since these fields only exist when
NAT is enabled.
Confirmed by priming the expect slab with NAT-bearing expectations,
freeing them, creating a new expectation without CTA_EXPECT_NAT,
and observing that the ctnetlink dump emits a spurious
CTA_EXPECT_NAT containing stale data from the prior allocation.
Fixes: 076a0ca02644 ("netfilter: ctnetlink: add NAT support for expectations")
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Qi Tang <tpluszz77@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index 3f408f3713bb..38bd7124d9f7 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -3588,6 +3588,12 @@ ctnetlink_alloc_expect(const struct nlattr * const cda[], struct nf_conn *ct,
exp, nf_ct_l3num(ct));
if (err < 0)
goto err_out;
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NF_NAT)
+ } else {
+ memset(&exp->saved_addr, 0, sizeof(exp->saved_addr));
+ memset(&exp->saved_proto, 0, sizeof(exp->saved_proto));
+ exp->dir = 0;
+#endif
}
return exp;
err_out:
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-01 10:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-01 10:36 [PATCH net 00/10] Netfilter fixes for net Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-01 10:36 ` [PATCH net 01/10] netfilter: flowtable: strictly check for maximum number of actions Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-02 2:30 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
2026-04-01 10:36 ` [PATCH net 02/10] netfilter: nfnetlink_log: account for netlink header size Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-01 10:36 ` [PATCH net 03/10] netfilter: x_tables: ensure names are nul-terminated Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-01 10:36 ` [PATCH net 04/10] netfilter: ipset: use nla_strcmp for IPSET_ATTR_NAME attr Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-01 10:36 ` [PATCH net 05/10] netfilter: nf_conntrack_helper: pass helper to expect cleanup Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-01 10:36 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2026-04-01 10:36 ` [PATCH net 07/10] netfilter: ctnetlink: ignore explicit helper on new expectations Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-01 10:36 ` [PATCH net 08/10] netfilter: ipset: drop logically empty buckets in mtype_del Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-01 10:36 ` [PATCH net 09/10] netfilter: x_tables: restrict xt_check_match/xt_check_target extensions for NFPROTO_ARP Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-01 10:36 ` [PATCH net 10/10] netfilter: nf_tables: reject immediate NF_QUEUE verdict Pablo Neira Ayuso
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