From: Dudu Lu <phx0fer@gmail.com>
To: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: pablo@netfilter.org, fw@strlen.de, Dudu Lu <phx0fer@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] netfilter: nfnetlink_cthelper: fix expect policy update copying only first class values to all classes
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:48:22 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260413084822.70754-1-phx0fer@gmail.com> (raw)
In nfnl_cthelper_update_policy_all(), when updating the expect policies
of a multi-class conntrack helper, the loop iterates over all expect
classes but always reads from new_policy[0] instead of new_policy[i]:
for (i = 0; i < helper->expect_class_max + 1; i++) {
policy = &helper->expect_policy[i];
policy->max_expected = new_policy->max_expected; /* always [0] */
policy->timeout = new_policy->timeout; /* always [0] */
}
The new_policy array was correctly parsed per-class by
nfnl_cthelper_update_policy_one() in the validation loop above (line
336-342), with each new_policy[i] holding its respective class values.
However, the copy loop dereferences new_policy as a pointer
(new_policy->x) rather than indexing it as an array
(new_policy[i].x), creating a security vulnerability.
As a result, all expect classes of a multi-class helper get overwritten
with the values of class 0, discarding the per-class differentiation.
This affects helpers like H.323 which use multiple expect classes
(RTP, RTCP, T.120) with different max_expected and timeout values.
After a policy update, all classes get identical limits, breaking the
per-class expect enforcement.
Fix by indexing new_policy with the loop variable.
Fixes: 2c422257550f ("netfilter: nfnl_cthelper: fix runtime expectation policy updates")
Signed-off-by: Dudu Lu <phx0fer@gmail.com>
---
net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cthelper.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cthelper.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cthelper.c
index d545fa459455..1e605d77796d 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cthelper.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cthelper.c
@@ -346,8 +346,8 @@ static int nfnl_cthelper_update_policy_all(struct nlattr *tb[],
for (i = 0; i < helper->expect_class_max + 1; i++) {
policy = (struct nf_conntrack_expect_policy *)
&helper->expect_policy[i];
- policy->max_expected = new_policy->max_expected;
- policy->timeout = new_policy->timeout;
+ policy->max_expected = new_policy[i].max_expected;
+ policy->timeout = new_policy[i].timeout;
}
err:
--
2.39.3 (Apple Git-145)
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2026-04-13 8:48 Dudu Lu [this message]
2026-04-13 17:27 ` [PATCH] netfilter: nfnetlink_cthelper: fix expect policy update copying only first class values to all classes Pablo Neira Ayuso
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