From: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
To: Sid Kumar <sidkumar1@gmail.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org, Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Cc: sashal@kernel.org, Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>,
Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Jakub Acs <acsjakub@amazon.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.15.y] netfilter: nf_tables: restore set elements when delete set fails
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:07:00 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <afa30b9a-07fb-4f21-973a-72bc7ceeb9e4@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260624213654.2762749-1-sidkumar1@gmail.com>
On 6/25/26 5:36 AM, Sid Kumar wrote:
> From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
>
> [ Upstream commit e79b47a8615d42c68aaeb68971593333667382ed ]
>
> >From abort path, nft_mapelem_activate() needs to restore refcounters to
> the original state. Currently, it uses the set->ops->walk() to iterate
> over these set elements. The existing set iterator skips inactive
> elements in the next generation, this does not work from the abort path
> to restore the original state since it has to skip active elements
> instead (not inactive ones).
>
> This patch moves the check for inactive elements to the set iterator
> callback, then it reverses the logic for the .activate case which
> needs to skip active elements.
>
> Toggle next generation bit for elements when delete set command is
> invoked and call nft_clear() from .activate (abort) path to restore the
> next generation bit.
>
> The splat below shows an object in mappings memleak:
>
> [43929.457523] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> [43929.457532] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1139 at include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h:1237 nft_setelem_data_deactivate+0xe4/0xf0 [nf_tables]
> [...]
> [43929.458014] RIP: 0010:nft_setelem_data_deactivate+0xe4/0xf0 [nf_tables]
> [43929.458076] Code: 83 f8 01 77 ab 49 8d 7c 24 08 e8 37 5e d0 de 49 8b 6c 24 08 48 8d 7d 50 e8 e9 5c d0 de 8b 45 50 8d 50 ff 89 55 50 85 c0 75 86 <0f> 0b eb 82 0f 0b eb b3 0f 1f 40 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90
> [43929.458081] RSP: 0018:ffff888140f9f4b0 EFLAGS: 00010246
> [43929.458086] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8881434f5288 RCX: dffffc0000000000
> [43929.458090] RDX: 00000000ffffffff RSI: ffffffffa26d28a7 RDI: ffff88810ecc9550
> [43929.458093] RBP: ffff88810ecc9500 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed10281f3e8f
> [43929.458096] R10: 0000000000000003 R11: ffff0000ffff0000 R12: ffff8881434f52a0
> [43929.458100] R13: ffff888140f9f5f4 R14: ffff888151c7a800 R15: 0000000000000002
> [43929.458103] FS: 00007f0c687c4740(0000) GS:ffff888390800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
> [43929.458107] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
> [43929.458111] CR2: 00007f58dbe5b008 CR3: 0000000123602005 CR4: 00000000001706f0
> [43929.458114] Call Trace:
> [43929.458118] <TASK>
> [43929.458121] ? __warn+0x9f/0x1a0
> [43929.458127] ? nft_setelem_data_deactivate+0xe4/0xf0 [nf_tables]
> [43929.458188] ? report_bug+0x1b1/0x1e0
> [43929.458196] ? handle_bug+0x3c/0x70
> [43929.458200] ? exc_invalid_op+0x17/0x40
> [43929.458211] ? nft_setelem_data_deactivate+0xd7/0xf0 [nf_tables]
> [43929.458271] ? nft_setelem_data_deactivate+0xe4/0xf0 [nf_tables]
> [43929.458332] nft_mapelem_deactivate+0x24/0x30 [nf_tables]
> [43929.458392] nft_rhash_walk+0xdd/0x180 [nf_tables]
> [43929.458453] ? __pfx_nft_rhash_walk+0x10/0x10 [nf_tables]
> [43929.458512] ? rb_insert_color+0x2e/0x280
> [43929.458520] nft_map_deactivate+0xdc/0x1e0 [nf_tables]
> [43929.458582] ? __pfx_nft_map_deactivate+0x10/0x10 [nf_tables]
> [43929.458642] ? __pfx_nft_mapelem_deactivate+0x10/0x10 [nf_tables]
> [43929.458701] ? __rcu_read_unlock+0x46/0x70
> [43929.458709] nft_delset+0xff/0x110 [nf_tables]
> [43929.458769] nft_flush_table+0x16f/0x460 [nf_tables]
> [43929.458830] nf_tables_deltable+0x501/0x580 [nf_tables]
>
> (cherry picked from commit e79b47a8615d42c68aaeb68971593333667382ed)
> [Vegard: CVE-2024-27012; fixed conflicts due to missing commits
> 0e1ea651c9717ddcd8e0648d8468477a31867b0a ("netfilter: nf_tables: shrink
> memory consumption of set elements") and
> 9dad402b89e81a0516bad5e0ac009b7a0a80898f ("netfilter: nf_tables: expose
> opaque set element as struct nft_elem_priv") so we pass the correct types
> and values to nft_setelem_data_deactivate(), nft_setelem_validate(),
> nft_set_elem_ext(), etc.]
> [acsjakub: clean cherry-pick of the commit 164936b2fc88
> ("netfilter: nf_tables: restore set elements when delete set fails")
> from 6.6.y. Plus, add "[ Upstream commit .." header to the message]
> [sidk: clean cherry-pick of the commit faa0deee2721
> ("netfilter: nf_tables: restore set elements when delete set fails")
> from 6.1.y.
>
> Fixes: 628bd3e49cba ("netfilter: nf_tables: drop map element references from preparation phase")
> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
> Signed-off-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Acs <acsjakub@amazon.de>
> Signed-off-by: Sid Kumar <sidkumar1@gmail.com>
Is this patch associated with cve-2026-23111
(https://fuzzinglabs.com/repro-cve-2026-23111/) ?
I'm verifying cve-2026-23111 in latest 5.15 stable, but I can still get
garbled text by running 'nft list maps' like this:
table inet mytable {
map triggermap {
type ipv4_addr : verdict
elements = { * : goto �,� �����*� ���� } <== garbled
text, uaf
}
}
Does that means cve-2026-23111 is still exist in latest 5.15 ?
>
> ---
> net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> net/netfilter/nft_set_bitmap.c | 4 +---
> net/netfilter/nft_set_hash.c | 8 ++-----
> net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c | 5 +----
> net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c | 4 +---
> 5 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
> index 623b776bf792..021a2a34b8a1 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
> @@ -594,6 +594,12 @@ static int nft_mapelem_deactivate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
> const struct nft_set_iter *iter,
> struct nft_set_elem *elem)
> {
> + struct nft_set_ext *ext = nft_set_elem_ext(set, elem->priv);
> +
> + if (!nft_set_elem_active(ext, iter->genmask))
> + return 0;
> +
> + nft_set_elem_change_active(ctx->net, set, ext);
> nft_setelem_data_deactivate(ctx->net, set, elem);
>
> return 0;
> @@ -619,6 +625,7 @@ static void nft_map_catchall_deactivate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
> continue;
>
> elem.priv = catchall->elem;
> + nft_set_elem_change_active(ctx->net, set, ext);
> nft_setelem_data_deactivate(ctx->net, set, &elem);
> break;
> }
> @@ -3522,6 +3529,9 @@ int nft_setelem_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_set *set,
> const struct nft_data *data;
> int err;
>
> + if (!nft_set_elem_active(ext, iter->genmask))
> + return 0;
> +
> if (nft_set_ext_exists(ext, NFT_SET_EXT_FLAGS) &&
> *nft_set_ext_flags(ext) & NFT_SET_ELEM_INTERVAL_END)
> return 0;
> @@ -3545,19 +3555,22 @@ int nft_setelem_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_set *set,
>
> int nft_set_catchall_validate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_set *set)
> {
> - u8 genmask = nft_genmask_next(ctx->net);
> + struct nft_set_iter dummy_iter = {
> + .genmask = nft_genmask_next(ctx->net),
> + };
> struct nft_set_elem_catchall *catchall;
> struct nft_set_elem elem;
> +
> struct nft_set_ext *ext;
> int ret = 0;
>
> list_for_each_entry_rcu(catchall, &set->catchall_list, list) {
> ext = nft_set_elem_ext(set, catchall->elem);
> - if (!nft_set_elem_active(ext, genmask))
> + if (!nft_set_elem_active(ext, dummy_iter.genmask))
> continue;
>
> elem.priv = catchall->elem;
> - ret = nft_setelem_validate(ctx, set, NULL, &elem);
> + ret = nft_setelem_validate(ctx, set, &dummy_iter, &elem);
> if (ret < 0)
> return ret;
> }
> @@ -5032,6 +5045,11 @@ static int nf_tables_bind_check_setelem(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
> const struct nft_set_iter *iter,
> struct nft_set_elem *elem)
> {
> + const struct nft_set_ext *ext = nft_set_elem_ext(set, elem->priv);
> +
> + if (!nft_set_elem_active(ext, iter->genmask))
> + return 0;
> +
> return nft_setelem_data_validate(ctx, set, elem);
> }
>
> @@ -5126,6 +5144,13 @@ static int nft_mapelem_activate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
> const struct nft_set_iter *iter,
> struct nft_set_elem *elem)
> {
> + struct nft_set_ext *ext = nft_set_elem_ext(set, elem->priv);
> +
> + /* called from abort path, reverse check to undo changes. */
> + if (nft_set_elem_active(ext, iter->genmask))
> + return 0;
> +
> + nft_clear(ctx->net, ext);
> nft_setelem_data_activate(ctx->net, set, elem);
>
> return 0;
> @@ -5144,6 +5169,7 @@ static void nft_map_catchall_activate(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
> if (nft_set_elem_active(ext, genmask))
> continue;
>
> + nft_clear(ctx->net, ext);
> elem.priv = catchall->elem;
> nft_setelem_data_activate(ctx->net, set, &elem);
> break;
> @@ -5417,6 +5443,9 @@ static int nf_tables_dump_setelem(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
> const struct nft_set_ext *ext = nft_set_elem_ext(set, elem->priv);
> struct nft_set_dump_args *args;
>
> + if (!nft_set_elem_active(ext, iter->genmask))
> + return 0;
> +
> if (nft_set_elem_expired(ext) || nft_set_elem_is_dead(ext))
> return 0;
>
> @@ -6103,7 +6132,7 @@ static void nft_setelem_activate(struct net *net, struct nft_set *set,
> struct nft_set_ext *ext = nft_set_elem_ext(set, elem->priv);
>
> if (nft_setelem_is_catchall(set, elem)) {
> - nft_set_elem_change_active(net, set, ext);
> + nft_clear(net, ext);
> } else {
> set->ops->activate(net, set, elem);
> }
> @@ -6777,9 +6806,13 @@ static int nft_setelem_flush(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
> const struct nft_set_iter *iter,
> struct nft_set_elem *elem)
> {
> + const struct nft_set_ext *ext = nft_set_elem_ext(set, elem->priv);
> struct nft_trans *trans;
> int err;
>
> + if (!nft_set_elem_active(ext, iter->genmask))
> + return 0;
> +
> trans = nft_trans_alloc_gfp(ctx, NFT_MSG_DELSETELEM,
> sizeof(struct nft_trans_elem), GFP_ATOMIC);
> if (!trans)
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_set_bitmap.c b/net/netfilter/nft_set_bitmap.c
> index 60122539fee6..028955a9cb09 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/nft_set_bitmap.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_set_bitmap.c
> @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static void nft_bitmap_activate(const struct net *net,
> nft_bitmap_location(set, nft_set_ext_key(&be->ext), &idx, &off);
> /* Enter 11 state. */
> priv->bitmap[idx] |= (genmask << off);
> - nft_set_elem_change_active(net, set, &be->ext);
> + nft_clear(net, &be->ext);
> }
>
> static bool nft_bitmap_flush(const struct net *net,
> @@ -223,8 +223,6 @@ static void nft_bitmap_walk(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
> list_for_each_entry_rcu(be, &priv->list, head) {
> if (iter->count < iter->skip)
> goto cont;
> - if (!nft_set_elem_active(&be->ext, iter->genmask))
> - goto cont;
>
> elem.priv = be;
>
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_set_hash.c b/net/netfilter/nft_set_hash.c
> index 9ea4a0990318..5a74ee4b7dfb 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/nft_set_hash.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_set_hash.c
> @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static void nft_rhash_activate(const struct net *net, const struct nft_set *set,
> {
> struct nft_rhash_elem *he = elem->priv;
>
> - nft_set_elem_change_active(net, set, &he->ext);
> + nft_clear(net, &he->ext);
> }
>
> static bool nft_rhash_flush(const struct net *net,
> @@ -285,8 +285,6 @@ static void nft_rhash_walk(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_set *set,
>
> if (iter->count < iter->skip)
> goto cont;
> - if (!nft_set_elem_active(&he->ext, iter->genmask))
> - goto cont;
>
> elem.priv = he;
>
> @@ -615,7 +613,7 @@ static void nft_hash_activate(const struct net *net, const struct nft_set *set,
> {
> struct nft_hash_elem *he = elem->priv;
>
> - nft_set_elem_change_active(net, set, &he->ext);
> + nft_clear(net, &he->ext);
> }
>
> static bool nft_hash_flush(const struct net *net,
> @@ -669,8 +667,6 @@ static void nft_hash_walk(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_set *set,
> hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(he, &priv->table[i], node) {
> if (iter->count < iter->skip)
> goto cont;
> - if (!nft_set_elem_active(&he->ext, iter->genmask))
> - goto cont;
>
> elem.priv = he;
>
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c b/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c
> index 4bede370c8b8..a965444ce5c5 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c
> @@ -1819,7 +1819,7 @@ static void nft_pipapo_activate(const struct net *net,
> {
> struct nft_pipapo_elem *e = elem->priv;
>
> - nft_set_elem_change_active(net, set, &e->ext);
> + nft_clear(net, &e->ext);
> }
>
> /**
> @@ -2121,9 +2121,6 @@ static void nft_pipapo_walk(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_set *set,
>
> e = f->mt[r].e;
>
> - if (!nft_set_elem_active(&e->ext, iter->genmask))
> - goto cont;
> -
> elem.priv = e;
>
> iter->err = iter->fn(ctx, set, iter, &elem);
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c b/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c
> index 426becaad1b9..23e4e656f7f0 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c
> @@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ static void nft_rbtree_activate(const struct net *net,
> {
> struct nft_rbtree_elem *rbe = elem->priv;
>
> - nft_set_elem_change_active(net, set, &rbe->ext);
> + nft_clear(net, &rbe->ext);
> }
>
> static bool nft_rbtree_flush(const struct net *net,
> @@ -618,8 +618,6 @@ static void nft_rbtree_walk(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
>
> if (iter->count < iter->skip)
> goto cont;
> - if (!nft_set_elem_active(&rbe->ext, iter->genmask))
> - goto cont;
>
> elem.priv = rbe;
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-21 9:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-24 21:36 [PATCH 5.15.y] netfilter: nf_tables: restore set elements when delete set fails Sid Kumar
2026-07-21 9:07 ` Jiayuan Chen [this message]
2026-07-21 12:08 ` Sasha Levin
2026-07-21 12:31 ` Jiayuan Chen
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