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 7/8] netfilter: ctnetlink: fix suspicious RCU usage in expect_iter_name
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:28:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260918112844.194503-8-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260918112844.194503-1-pablo@netfilter.org>
From: Naman Gulati <namangulati@google.com>
expect_iter_name() is invoked by nf_ct_expect_iterate_net() under
spin_lock_bh(&nf_conntrack_expect_lock). It does not hold
rcu_read_lock().
When accessing exp->helper with rcu_dereference() in syzbot's report,
lockdep warns:
=============================
WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
-----------------------------
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c:3393 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!
locks held by syz-executor381/5628: 2, last CPU#1:
#0: ffffffff9aee42a0 (nfnl_subsys_ctnetlink_exp){+.+.}-{4:4},
at: nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0xa69/0x12b0
#1: ffffffff8ea74d58 (nf_conntrack_expect_lock){+...}-{3:3},
at: nf_ct_expect_iterate_net+0x38/0x180
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150
lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x140/0x1d0
expect_iter_name+0xfb/0x100
nf_ct_expect_iterate_net+0xf2/0x180
ctnetlink_del_expect+0x45d/0x640
nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0xcc2/0x12b0
netlink_rcv_skb+0x226/0x4a0
nfnetlink_rcv+0x2b9/0x28c0
netlink_unicast+0x7bd/0x940
netlink_sendmsg+0x813/0xb40
____sys_sendmsg+0x54e/0x850
___sys_sendmsg+0x2a5/0x360
__sys_sendmsg+0x2a5/0x360
do_syscall_64+0x166/0x520
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Use rcu_dereference_protected() with lockdep_is_held() on
nf_conntrack_expect_lock instead, similar to expect_iter_me() in
nf_conntrack_helper.c.
Fixes: f01794106042 ("netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: use expect->helper")
Reported-by: syzbot+4bd730aede2791e40bdf@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/6aa4a377.f81106d8.2ab401.0024.GAE@google.com/T/#u
Signed-off-by: Naman Gulati <namangulati@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index 579ada063b1b..4e5d7c701436 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -3392,7 +3392,8 @@ static bool expect_iter_name(struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp, void *data)
struct nf_conntrack_helper *helper;
const char *name = data;
- helper = rcu_dereference(exp->helper);
+ helper = rcu_dereference_protected(exp->helper,
+ lockdep_is_held(&nf_conntrack_expect_lock));
if (!helper)
return false;
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-18 11:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-18 11:28 [PATCH net,v2 0/8] Netfilter/IPVS fixes for net Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-18 11:28 ` [PATCH net 1/8] netfilter: flowtable: publish HW_DEAD after worker is done Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-19 13:34 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-19 14:47 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-21 22:20 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
2026-09-18 11:28 ` [PATCH net 2/8] netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: hold nfnl mutex in event notifier Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-18 11:28 ` [PATCH net 3/8] netfilter: ip6t_rpfilter: reject routes without inet6_dev Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-18 11:28 ` [PATCH net 4/8] netfilter: ip6t_rt: fix zero-address non-strict match out-of-bounds read Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-19 13:34 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-19 15:02 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-18 11:28 ` [PATCH net 5/8] netfilter: nft_synproxy: use the family-aware checksum helper Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-18 11:28 ` [PATCH net 6/8] ipvs: revalidate ihl before icmp_send Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-18 11:28 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2026-09-18 11:28 ` [PATCH net 8/8] netfilter: nf_tables: skip expired catchall elements on insert and delete Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-19 13:34 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-19 14:57 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
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