All of lore.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
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, horms@kernel.org,
	fw@strlen.de, ja@ssi.bg
Subject: [PATCH net 6/7] netfilter: xt_IDLETIMER: allocate timer with kzalloc()
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:18:43 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260909221844.1650275-7-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260909221844.1650275-1-pablo@netfilter.org>

According to sashiko:

"The embedded struct device_attribute attr has its show and mode fields
initialized later in this function, but its store function pointer
remains uninitialized heap garbage.

When the sysfs file is created, a process with the DAC_OVERRIDE
capability can bypass the 0444 mode restriction and write to the file.
This causes dev_attr_store() to execute the uninitialized store pointer,
leading to arbitrary kernel code execution."

Use kzalloc_obj() instead to address this issue.

Fixes: 68983a354a65 ("netfilter: xtables: Add snapshot of hardidletimer target")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
 net/netfilter/xt_IDLETIMER.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_IDLETIMER.c b/net/netfilter/xt_IDLETIMER.c
index fe7d8d19629b..8a1d95d21991 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_IDLETIMER.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_IDLETIMER.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static int idletimer_tg_create_v1(struct idletimer_tg_info_v1 *info)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	info->timer = kmalloc_obj(*info->timer);
+	info->timer = kzalloc_obj(*info->timer);
 	if (!info->timer) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
-- 
2.47.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-09 22:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-09 22:18 [PATCH net 0/7] Netfilter/IPVS fixes for net Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-09 22:18 ` [PATCH net 1/7] netfilter: nft_nat: fully initialise new_addr in netmap setup Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-09 22:18 ` [PATCH net 2/7] netfilter: nf_tables: fix device name and prefix match in hook lookup Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-09 22:18 ` [PATCH net 3/7] netfilter: nf_nat: unregister and release hooks on error Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-11  0:46   ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-09 22:18 ` [PATCH net 4/7] ipvs: revalidate ihl before icmp_send Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-11  0:46   ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-11  9:56     ` Julian Anastasov
2026-09-09 22:18 ` [PATCH net 5/7] netfilter: flowtable: hold reference on ct until flow is released Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-09 22:18 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2026-09-11  0:46   ` [PATCH net 6/7] netfilter: xt_IDLETIMER: allocate timer with kzalloc() Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-09 22:18 ` [PATCH net 7/7] netfilter: hold reference on module during netlink dump Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-11  0:46   ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-11  0:49 ` [PATCH net 0/7] Netfilter/IPVS fixes for net Jakub Kicinski

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20260909221844.1650275-7-pablo@netfilter.org \
    --to=pablo@netfilter.org \
    --cc=davem@davemloft.net \
    --cc=edumazet@google.com \
    --cc=fw@strlen.de \
    --cc=horms@kernel.org \
    --cc=ja@ssi.bg \
    --cc=kuba@kernel.org \
    --cc=netdev@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=pabeni@redhat.com \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is an external index of several public inboxes,
see mirroring instructions on how to clone and mirror
all data and code used by this external index.