From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: Xiang Mei <xmei5@asu.edu>
Cc: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>,
Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>,
coreteam@netfilter.org, Weiming Shi <bestswngs@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH nf v2] netfilter: nfnetlink_osf: fix divide-by-zero in OSF_WSS_MODULO
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:55:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ad9gkDM9VFJL_rFU@chamomile> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ad9aX5IDPWt3F6OF@chamomile>
On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 11:29:06AM +0200, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 03:14:01PM -0700, Xiang Mei wrote:
> > nf_osf_match_one() computes ctx->window % f->wss.val in the
> > OSF_WSS_MODULO branch with no guard for f->wss.val == 0. A
> > CAP_NET_ADMIN user can add such a fingerprint via nfnetlink; a
> > subsequent matching TCP SYN divides by zero and panics the kernel.
> >
> > Reject the bogus fingerprint in nfnl_osf_add_callback() above the
> > per-option for-loop. f->wss is per-fingerprint, not per-option, so
> > the check must run regardless of f->opt_num (including 0). Also
> > reject wss.wc >= OSF_WSS_MAX; nf_osf_match_one() already treats that
> > as "should not happen".
> >
> > Crash:
> > Oops: divide error: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
> > RIP: 0010:nf_osf_match_one (net/netfilter/nfnetlink_osf.c:98)
> > Call Trace:
> > <IRQ>
> > nf_osf_match (net/netfilter/nfnetlink_osf.c:220)
> > xt_osf_match_packet (net/netfilter/xt_osf.c:32)
> > ipt_do_table (net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c:348)
> > nf_hook_slow (net/netfilter/core.c:622)
> > ip_local_deliver (net/ipv4/ip_input.c:265)
> > ip_rcv (include/linux/skbuff.h:1162)
> > __netif_receive_skb_one_core (net/core/dev.c:6181)
> > process_backlog (net/core/dev.c:6642)
> > __napi_poll (net/core/dev.c:7710)
> > net_rx_action (net/core/dev.c:7945)
> > handle_softirqs (kernel/softirq.c:622)
> >
> > Fixes: 11eeef41d5f6 ("netfilter: passive OS fingerprint xtables match")
> > Reported-by: Weiming Shi <bestswngs@gmail.com>
> > Suggested-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
> > Suggested-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Xiang Mei <xmei5@asu.edu>
> > ---
> > v2: Fix the bug in configure path and correct the fix tag
> >
> > net/netfilter/nfnetlink_osf.c | 4 ++++
> > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_osf.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_osf.c
> > index 45d9ad231..70172ca07 100644
> > --- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_osf.c
> > +++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_osf.c
> > @@ -320,6 +320,10 @@ static int nfnl_osf_add_callback(struct sk_buff *skb,
> > if (f->opt_num > ARRAY_SIZE(f->opt))
> > return -EINVAL;
> >
> > + if (f->wss.wc >= OSF_WSS_MAX ||
> > + (f->wss.wc == OSF_WSS_MODULO && f->wss.val == 0))
> > + return -EINVAL;
>
> Maybe, more explicit, it is more lengthy but cristal clear:
Not really, this needs to be done out of loop as you do.
I'll take your patch, thanks!
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-14 22:14 [PATCH nf v2] netfilter: nfnetlink_osf: fix divide-by-zero in OSF_WSS_MODULO Xiang Mei
2026-04-15 8:19 ` Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-04-15 9:29 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-15 9:55 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
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