From: syzbot <syzbot+d417922a3e7935517ef6@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>
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Subject: Forwarded: [PATCH] netfilter: nf_tables: add missing RCU read lock in nf_tables_getsetelem
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 06:54:20 -0800 [thread overview]
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Subject: [PATCH] netfilter: nf_tables: add missing RCU read lock in nf_tables_getsetelem
Author: kartikey406@gmail.com
#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next.git main
Add RCU read-side critical section in nf_tables_getsetelem() to protect
against concurrent element deletion by garbage collection.
The function nf_tables_getsetelem() calls nft_get_set_elem() which
eventually dereferences set elements through the rbtree lookup path.
These elements can be freed by nft_trans_gc_trans_free() running in an
RCU callback context while the lookup is in progress, leading to a
use-after-free.
The function nf_tables_getsetelem_reset() already has proper RCU
protection around the same code path. This patch adds the missing RCU
read lock to nf_tables_getsetelem() to match.
Reported-by: syzbot+d417922a3e7935517ef6@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=d417922a3e7935517ef6
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
---
net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index be4924aeaf0e..00af242b1e62 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -6628,6 +6628,7 @@ static int nf_tables_getsetelem(struct sk_buff *skb,
if (err)
return err;
+ rcu_read_lock();
nla_for_each_nested(attr, nla[NFTA_SET_ELEM_LIST_ELEMENTS], rem) {
err = nft_get_set_elem(&dump_ctx.ctx, dump_ctx.set, attr, false);
if (err < 0) {
@@ -6635,6 +6636,7 @@ static int nf_tables_getsetelem(struct sk_buff *skb,
break;
}
}
+ rcu_read_unlock();
return err;
}
--
2.43.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-28 14:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-28 12:08 [syzbot] [netfilter?] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in nft_array_get_cmp syzbot
2026-01-28 13:15 ` Forwarded: [PATCH] netfilter: nf_tables: fix use-after-free in nft_set_elem lookup syzbot
2026-01-28 13:40 ` [syzbot] [netfilter?] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in nft_array_get_cmp Florian Westphal
2026-01-28 16:35 ` Florian Westphal
2026-01-28 14:54 ` syzbot [this message]
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