From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
To: Melbin K Mathew <mlbnkm1@gmail.com>
Cc: pablo@netfilter.org, netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org,
coreteam@netfilter.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH nf] netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: reject interval-end get for open intervals
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2026 21:31:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <akVrG9sRqSDPbkXb@strlen.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260630155507.92815-1-mlbnkm1@gmail.com>
Melbin K Mathew <mlbnkm1@gmail.com> wrote:
> nft_rbtree_get() uses the interval endpoint selected by
> nft_array_get_cmp(). For NFT_SET_ELEM_INTERVAL_END requests, the function
> uses interval->to to recover struct nft_rbtree_elem.
>
> Open-ended intervals can have a NULL end endpoint. In that case,
> nft_array_get_cmp() treats the missing endpoint as b = -1, which can
> still match an interval-end query. Avoid deriving an element pointer
> from a NULL endpoint and report the element as not found instead.
>
> Return -ENOENT for interval-end requests against open-ended intervals.
>
> Fixes: 2aa34191f06f ("netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: use binary search array in get command")
> Signed-off-by: Melbin K Mathew <mlbnkm1@gmail.com>
> ---
> Notes:
> A reduced userspace model confirms the comparator returns match for a
> NULL-ended interval when NFT_SET_ELEM_INTERVAL_END is set, and that
> container_of(NULL, ext) produces a garbage pointer (UBSAN fires).
>
> I have not reproduced an end-to-end crash through normal nft CLI usage.
> An instrumented WARN in this branch did not fire during interval-set
> tests with nft add/get/list. The patch is a defensive fix for the NULL
> endpoint case.
>
> Tested on 7.2-rc1 with KASAN and UBSAN enabled. Function tracing
> confirms nft_rbtree_get() is reached via nft get element. The added
> guard returns -ENOENT for a NULL interval endpoint in the instrumented
> test case.
> ---
> net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c | 7 +++++--
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c b/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c
> index 018bbb6df4..024a2cd3a6 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c
> @@ -184,10 +184,13 @@ nft_rbtree_get(const struct net *net, const struct nft_set *set,
> if (!interval || nft_set_elem_expired(interval->from))
> return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
>
> - if (flags & NFT_SET_ELEM_INTERVAL_END)
> + if (flags & NFT_SET_ELEM_INTERVAL_END) {
> + if (!interval->to)
> + return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
> rbe = container_of(interval->to, struct nft_rbtree_elem, ext);
> - else
> + } else {
> rbe = container_of(interval->from, struct nft_rbtree_elem, ext);
> + }
Hmm, I don't think the query should have returned a match in the first
place, i.e. we should have left via (!interval || ... condition.
Pablo, could you please have a look?
I suspect we want something like this:
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c b/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c
@@ -150,10 +150,12 @@ static int nft_array_get_cmp(const void *pkey, const void *entry)
b = memcmp(ctx->key, nft_set_ext_key(interval->to), ctx->klen);
if (a >= 0) {
- if (ctx->flags & NFT_SET_ELEM_INTERVAL_END && b <= 0)
- return 0;
- else if (b < 0)
+ if (ctx->flags & NFT_SET_ELEM_INTERVAL_END && b <= 0) {
+ if (interval->to)
+ return 0;
+ } else if (b < 0) {
return 0;
+ }
}
if (a < 0)
When userspace asks for end interval, but we have an open interval,
then cmp callback shouldn't indicate a match.
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2026-06-30 15:55 [PATCH nf] netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: reject interval-end get for open intervals Melbin K Mathew
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