From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 97A1647D44A; Fri, 7 Aug 2026 14:57:53 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1786114675; cv=none; b=MXmoOWWy+VHpQTlL3d+cTQjGGWSQ0/ivz+YTBQfqsaP32bNadQ3k1fw0uryxxtjemWjnI2LBcD9Aw332Q1BkR0nA8Da+PTNiBQIltJWfxqKhsUNzwVnFB+jspaAl7xP/VyaeYtKAjWFeJQZ2oyDo8W71nvAohab7WKhzWujW4w8= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1786114675; c=relaxed/simple; bh=mgFYT8/CQf+nosyqVld1CB4D7VJPgA56sX/N77jIiqs=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=STGIuBgwnIEVevAot4T5fO87qStv/Ew90ScqJKZ304fBsYS3taeS5G4gS2vsrQcMM9BhIaBXDg5+rXsyeg0fK5/neOY3DybSiH/11MX1DEnNfCijAL2LRXm0XfAzawH40qmfzlWsGrVBgVS3FTx2HfXfg4b4MkmZmE9YsI8DcTc= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=W+okXSNN; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="W+okXSNN" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E42E71F000E9; Fri, 7 Aug 2026 14:57:52 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1786114673; bh=ePnOt5++zJhrO4qL5kB9yANH0uB/uBtcE2xju3sWBjk=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References; b=W+okXSNNPbx+TuDzjhu69sL5IPpW27Nu+9vwon8AXRsFCIyIfXIXqlXgzcb2hjlkd z4qWGYsMl3s7I+6ukCUFxCpw/TeX3ii04MzSqR3SJgw5mG9LG0Oae4aTiWD1EacfNe MHArxnwEzq3LCvLj88NvUub32u90WPnSJuJy96hg= From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , patches@lists.linux.dev, Ilya Maximets , Pablo Neira Ayuso , Sasha Levin Subject: [PATCH 6.18 001/396] netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: restore helper propagation via expectation Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2026 16:32:41 +0200 Message-ID: <20260807143424.308517634@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.55.0 In-Reply-To: <20260807143424.272339768@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20260807143424.272339768@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.69 X-stable: review X-Patchwork-Hint: ignore Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: patches@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 6.18-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Pablo Neira Ayuso [ Upstream commit dcb0f9aefdd604d36710fda53c25bd7cf4a3e37a ] A recent series to fix expectations broke helper propagation via expectation, this mechanism is used by the sip and h323 helper. This also propagates the conntrack helper to expected connections. I changed semantics of exp->helper which now tells us the actual helper that created the expectation. Add an explicit assign_helper field to expectations for this purpose and update helpers to use it. Restore this feature for userspace conntrack helper via ctnetlink nfqueue integration so it is again possible to attach a helper to an expectation, where it makes sense. This is not restored via ctnetlink expectation creation as there is no client for such feature. Use the expectation layer 4 protocol number for the helper lookup for consistency. Make sure the expectation using this helper propagation mechanism also go away when the helper is unregistered. Fixes: 9c42bc9db90a ("netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: honor expectation helper field") Fixes: 917b61fa2042 ("netfilter: ctnetlink: ignore explicit helper on new expectations") Reported-by: Ilya Maximets Tested-by: Ilya Maximets Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.h | 5 ++++- net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_broadcast.c | 1 + net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c | 7 +++++-- net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c | 1 + net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_h323_main.c | 12 ++++++------ net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c | 5 +++++ net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++-- net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c | 2 +- 8 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.h index e9a8350e7ccf..80f50fd0f7ad 100644 --- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.h +++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.h @@ -45,9 +45,12 @@ struct nf_conntrack_expect { void (*expectfn)(struct nf_conn *new, struct nf_conntrack_expect *this); - /* Helper to assign to new connection */ + /* Helper that created this expectation */ struct nf_conntrack_helper __rcu *helper; + /* Helper to assign to new connection */ + struct nf_conntrack_helper __rcu *assign_helper; + /* The conntrack of the master connection */ struct nf_conn *master; diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_broadcast.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_broadcast.c index 4f39bf7c843f..75e53fde6b29 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_broadcast.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_broadcast.c @@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ int nf_conntrack_broadcast_help(struct sk_buff *skb, exp->flags = NF_CT_EXPECT_PERMANENT; exp->class = NF_CT_EXPECT_CLASS_DEFAULT; rcu_assign_pointer(exp->helper, helper); + rcu_assign_pointer(exp->assign_helper, NULL); write_pnet(&exp->net, net); #ifdef CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_ZONES exp->zone = ct->zone; diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c index a877f9ad1cf2..44fa3224cc87 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c @@ -1771,14 +1771,17 @@ init_conntrack(struct net *net, struct nf_conn *tmpl, spin_lock_bh(&nf_conntrack_expect_lock); exp = nf_ct_find_expectation(net, zone, tuple, !tmpl || nf_ct_is_confirmed(tmpl)); if (exp) { + struct nf_conntrack_helper *assign_helper; + /* Welcome, Mr. Bond. We've been expecting you... */ __set_bit(IPS_EXPECTED_BIT, &ct->status); /* exp->master safe, refcnt bumped in nf_ct_find_expectation */ ct->master = exp->master; - if (exp->helper) { + assign_helper = rcu_dereference(exp->assign_helper); + if (assign_helper) { help = nf_ct_helper_ext_add(ct, GFP_ATOMIC); if (help) - rcu_assign_pointer(help->helper, exp->helper); + rcu_assign_pointer(help->helper, assign_helper); } #ifdef CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_MARK diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c index 24d0576d84b7..8e943efbdf0a 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c @@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ void nf_ct_expect_init(struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp, unsigned int class, helper = rcu_dereference(help->helper); rcu_assign_pointer(exp->helper, helper); + rcu_assign_pointer(exp->assign_helper, NULL); write_pnet(&exp->net, net); #ifdef CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_ZONES exp->zone = ct->zone; diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_h323_main.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_h323_main.c index bd7e9e13e4f6..a116c6629e2b 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_h323_main.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_h323_main.c @@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ static int expect_h245(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nf_conn *ct, &ct->tuplehash[!dir].tuple.src.u3, &ct->tuplehash[!dir].tuple.dst.u3, IPPROTO_TCP, NULL, &port); - rcu_assign_pointer(exp->helper, &nf_conntrack_helper_h245); + rcu_assign_pointer(exp->assign_helper, &nf_conntrack_helper_h245); nathook = rcu_dereference(nfct_h323_nat_hook); if (memcmp(&ct->tuplehash[dir].tuple.src.u3, @@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ static int expect_callforwarding(struct sk_buff *skb, nf_ct_expect_init(exp, NF_CT_EXPECT_CLASS_DEFAULT, nf_ct_l3num(ct), &ct->tuplehash[!dir].tuple.src.u3, &addr, IPPROTO_TCP, NULL, &port); - rcu_assign_pointer(exp->helper, nf_conntrack_helper_q931); + rcu_assign_pointer(exp->assign_helper, nf_conntrack_helper_q931); nathook = rcu_dereference(nfct_h323_nat_hook); if (memcmp(&ct->tuplehash[dir].tuple.src.u3, @@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ static int expect_q931(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nf_conn *ct, &ct->tuplehash[!dir].tuple.src.u3 : NULL, &ct->tuplehash[!dir].tuple.dst.u3, IPPROTO_TCP, NULL, &port); - rcu_assign_pointer(exp->helper, nf_conntrack_helper_q931); + rcu_assign_pointer(exp->assign_helper, nf_conntrack_helper_q931); exp->flags = NF_CT_EXPECT_PERMANENT; /* Accept multiple calls */ nathook = rcu_dereference(nfct_h323_nat_hook); @@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@ static int process_gcf(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nf_conn *ct, nf_ct_expect_init(exp, NF_CT_EXPECT_CLASS_DEFAULT, nf_ct_l3num(ct), &ct->tuplehash[!dir].tuple.src.u3, &addr, IPPROTO_UDP, NULL, &port); - rcu_assign_pointer(exp->helper, nf_conntrack_helper_ras); + rcu_assign_pointer(exp->assign_helper, nf_conntrack_helper_ras); if (nf_ct_expect_related(exp, 0) == 0) { pr_debug("nf_ct_ras: expect RAS "); @@ -1522,7 +1522,7 @@ static int process_acf(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nf_conn *ct, &ct->tuplehash[!dir].tuple.src.u3, &addr, IPPROTO_TCP, NULL, &port); exp->flags = NF_CT_EXPECT_PERMANENT; - rcu_assign_pointer(exp->helper, nf_conntrack_helper_q931); + rcu_assign_pointer(exp->assign_helper, nf_conntrack_helper_q931); if (nf_ct_expect_related(exp, 0) == 0) { pr_debug("nf_ct_ras: expect Q.931 "); @@ -1576,7 +1576,7 @@ static int process_lcf(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nf_conn *ct, &ct->tuplehash[!dir].tuple.src.u3, &addr, IPPROTO_TCP, NULL, &port); exp->flags = NF_CT_EXPECT_PERMANENT; - rcu_assign_pointer(exp->helper, nf_conntrack_helper_q931); + rcu_assign_pointer(exp->assign_helper, nf_conntrack_helper_q931); if (nf_ct_expect_related(exp, 0) == 0) { pr_debug("nf_ct_ras: expect Q.931 "); diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c index 9150bcfd7ca8..ea0cdb7ec915 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c @@ -419,6 +419,11 @@ static bool expect_iter_me(struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp, void *data) this = rcu_dereference_protected(exp->helper, lockdep_is_held(&nf_conntrack_expect_lock)); + if (this == me) + return true; + + this = rcu_dereference_protected(exp->assign_helper, + lockdep_is_held(&nf_conntrack_expect_lock)); return this == me; } diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c index c8fe284b86db..3df7e5fc76c8 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c @@ -2635,6 +2635,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy exp_nla_policy[CTA_EXPECT_MAX+1] = { static struct nf_conntrack_expect * ctnetlink_alloc_expect(const struct nlattr *const cda[], struct nf_conn *ct, + const struct nf_conntrack_helper *assign_helper, struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple, struct nf_conntrack_tuple *mask); @@ -2861,6 +2862,7 @@ static int ctnetlink_glue_attach_expect(const struct nlattr *attr, struct nf_conn *ct, u32 portid, u32 report) { + struct nf_conntrack_helper *assign_helper = NULL; struct nlattr *cda[CTA_EXPECT_MAX+1]; struct nf_conntrack_tuple tuple, mask; struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp; @@ -2876,8 +2878,18 @@ ctnetlink_glue_attach_expect(const struct nlattr *attr, struct nf_conn *ct, if (err < 0) return err; + if (cda[CTA_EXPECT_HELP_NAME]) { + const char *helpname = nla_data(cda[CTA_EXPECT_HELP_NAME]); + + assign_helper = __nf_conntrack_helper_find(helpname, + nf_ct_l3num(ct), + tuple.dst.protonum); + if (!assign_helper) + return -EOPNOTSUPP; + } + exp = ctnetlink_alloc_expect((const struct nlattr * const *)cda, ct, - &tuple, &mask); + assign_helper, &tuple, &mask); if (IS_ERR(exp)) return PTR_ERR(exp); @@ -3516,6 +3528,7 @@ ctnetlink_parse_expect_nat(const struct nlattr *attr, static struct nf_conntrack_expect * ctnetlink_alloc_expect(const struct nlattr * const cda[], struct nf_conn *ct, + const struct nf_conntrack_helper *assign_helper, struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple, struct nf_conntrack_tuple *mask) { @@ -3569,6 +3582,7 @@ ctnetlink_alloc_expect(const struct nlattr * const cda[], struct nf_conn *ct, exp->zone = ct->zone; #endif rcu_assign_pointer(exp->helper, helper); + rcu_assign_pointer(exp->assign_helper, assign_helper); exp->tuple = *tuple; exp->mask.src.u3 = mask->src.u3; exp->mask.src.u.all = mask->src.u.all; @@ -3624,7 +3638,7 @@ ctnetlink_create_expect(struct net *net, ct = nf_ct_tuplehash_to_ctrack(h); rcu_read_lock(); - exp = ctnetlink_alloc_expect(cda, ct, &tuple, &mask); + exp = ctnetlink_alloc_expect(cda, ct, NULL, &tuple, &mask); if (IS_ERR(exp)) { err = PTR_ERR(exp); goto err_rcu; diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c index 147043f19521..4bebf66410ea 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c @@ -1386,7 +1386,7 @@ static int process_register_request(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int protoff, nf_ct_expect_init(exp, SIP_EXPECT_SIGNALLING, nf_ct_l3num(ct), saddr, &daddr, proto, NULL, &port); exp->timeout.expires = sip_timeout * HZ; - rcu_assign_pointer(exp->helper, helper); + rcu_assign_pointer(exp->assign_helper, helper); exp->flags = NF_CT_EXPECT_PERMANENT | NF_CT_EXPECT_INACTIVE; hooks = rcu_dereference(nf_nat_sip_hooks); -- 2.53.0