From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: SaifAllah benMassaoud <saifmassaoudi18@gmail.com>
Cc: security@kernel.org, netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org,
Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] netfilter: nft_limit byte-rate bypass via unchecked u64 multiplication
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2026 23:11:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <asv7meqLHaULXrYE@chamomile> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADikNYBZ5MqJWypk5NFYcxYvPKJhKKyJ5iOWN4JTZrUWf1AUAQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Sun, Oct 11, 2026 at 09:32:15PM +0100, SaifAllah benMassaoud wrote:
> One question: why was this not considered a security issue from your side?
This does not crash the kernel, this just does not work for this
esoteric ratelimit that your LLM found.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-11 21:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-09 17:01 [SECURITY] netfilter: nft_limit byte-rate bypass via unchecked u64 multiplication SaifAllah benMassaoud
2026-10-11 7:34 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
[not found] ` <CADikNYCzQRErYLwDLoUPrDs8dmuBB8z+45yxKAaps7QTCrLXXA@mail.gmail.com>
2026-10-11 16:55 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
[not found] ` <CADikNYBiijxQjptcYf-2+omXj8Mf5PTGVwK-Ho53E7JEe_ehvQ@mail.gmail.com>
2026-10-11 18:23 ` SaifAllah benMassaoud
2026-10-11 19:14 ` Florian Westphal
[not found] ` <CADikNYDzCg46TWPk0dAXQF-Yar+FgEegWEzFZvzCp3x7-k_mOg@mail.gmail.com>
[not found] ` <CADikNYBZ5MqJWypk5NFYcxYvPKJhKKyJ5iOWN4JTZrUWf1AUAQ@mail.gmail.com>
2026-10-11 21:11 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
[not found] ` <CADikNYC4P0F7gz4nCxKcJwsAzXEEA-a-8QRu1TE3SUzXvmcuZA@mail.gmail.com>
2026-10-11 21:43 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-10-11 22:08 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
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