From: HACKE-RC <rc@rexion.ai>
To: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>, Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Cc: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, coreteam@netfilter.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
HACKE-RC <rc@rexion.ai>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v3 0/4] netfilter: conntrack: shared port parser for helpers
Date: Sun, 3 May 2026 14:02:16 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260503083220.630655-1-rc@rexion.ai> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <afSBzDE-caw3Dsr1@orbyte.nwl.cc>
Both nf_conntrack_irc and nf_conntrack_amanda parse port numbers from
application-layer data using simple_strtoul(), which requires
NUL-terminated input and returns unsigned long without range validation.
This series introduces two shared helpers in the conntrack core:
nf_ct_helper_parse_uint() -- generic bounded integer parser that
operates on a length-delimited buffer without requiring NUL
termination.
nf_ct_helper_parse_port() -- calls nf_ct_helper_parse_uint() with
max=65535 and rejects port zero.
Patches 2 and 3 convert IRC and Amanda to use nf_ct_helper_parse_port().
Patch 4 converts the two port-parsing sites in nf_conntrack_sip to use
nf_ct_helper_parse_port() as well, retaining the SIP-specific minimum
port check (>= 1024).
v3: add nf_ct_helper_parse_uint() as the generic base; nf_ct_helper_parse_port()
is now a thin wrapper; extend the series with a fourth patch converting
nf_conntrack_sip (Phil Sutter)
v2: replace simple_strtoul() with a shared nf_ct_helper_parse_port()
in the conntrack helper core, modelled on 8cf6809cddcb (Florian Westphal)
v1: inline range checks in IRC and Amanda
HACKE-RC (4):
netfilter: conntrack: add shared port and uint parsers for helpers
netfilter: nf_conntrack_irc: use nf_ct_helper_parse_port()
netfilter: nf_conntrack_amanda: use nf_ct_helper_parse_port()
netfilter: nf_conntrack_sip: use nf_ct_helper_parse_port()
include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.h | 5 +++
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_amanda.c | 11 +++---
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c | 4 ++-
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c | 14 ++++----
5 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-03 8:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-01 6:31 [PATCH net-next v2 0/3] netfilter: conntrack: add shared port parser and use it in IRC and Amanda helpers HACKE-RC
2026-05-01 6:31 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/3] netfilter: conntrack: add shared port parser for helpers HACKE-RC
2026-05-01 10:25 ` Phil Sutter
2026-05-01 6:31 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/3] netfilter: nf_conntrack_irc: use nf_ct_helper_parse_port() HACKE-RC
2026-05-01 6:31 ` [PATCH net-next v2 3/3] netfilter: nf_conntrack_amanda: " HACKE-RC
2026-05-01 10:34 ` [PATCH net-next v2 0/3] netfilter: conntrack: add shared port parser and use it in IRC and Amanda helpers Phil Sutter
2026-05-03 8:32 ` HACKE-RC [this message]
2026-05-03 8:32 ` [PATCH net-next v3 1/4] netfilter: conntrack: add shared port and uint parsers for helpers HACKE-RC
2026-05-03 8:32 ` [PATCH net-next v3 2/4] netfilter: nf_conntrack_irc: use nf_ct_helper_parse_port() HACKE-RC
2026-05-03 8:32 ` [PATCH net-next v3 3/4] netfilter: nf_conntrack_amanda: " HACKE-RC
2026-05-03 8:32 ` [PATCH net-next v3 4/4] netfilter: nf_conntrack_sip: " HACKE-RC
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