From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
To: <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
<netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org>,
pablo@netfilter.org
Subject: [PATCH net 5/6] netfilter: nf_tables: fix memory leak in nf_tables_newrule()
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2026 12:41:27 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260102114128.7007-6-fw@strlen.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260102114128.7007-1-fw@strlen.de>
From: Zilin Guan <zilin@seu.edu.cn>
In nf_tables_newrule(), if nft_use_inc() fails, the function jumps to
the err_release_rule label without freeing the allocated flow, leading
to a memory leak.
Fix this by adding a new label err_destroy_flow and jumping to it when
nft_use_inc() fails. This ensures that the flow is properly released
in this error case.
Fixes: 1689f25924ada ("netfilter: nf_tables: report use refcount overflow")
Signed-off-by: Zilin Guan <zilin@seu.edu.cn>
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
---
net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 618af6e90773..729a92781a1a 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -4439,7 +4439,7 @@ static int nf_tables_newrule(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nfnl_info *info,
if (!nft_use_inc(&chain->use)) {
err = -EMFILE;
- goto err_release_rule;
+ goto err_destroy_flow;
}
if (info->nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_REPLACE) {
@@ -4489,6 +4489,7 @@ static int nf_tables_newrule(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nfnl_info *info,
err_destroy_flow_rule:
nft_use_dec_restore(&chain->use);
+err_destroy_flow:
if (flow)
nft_flow_rule_destroy(flow);
err_release_rule:
--
2.51.2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-02 11:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-02 11:41 [PATCH net 0/6] netfilter: updates for net Florian Westphal
2026-01-02 11:41 ` [PATCH net 1/6] netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: fix range overlap detection Florian Westphal
2026-01-02 11:41 ` [PATCH net 2/6] selftests: netfilter: nft_concat_range.sh: add check for overlap detection bug Florian Westphal
2026-01-02 11:41 ` [PATCH net 3/6] netfilter: nft_synproxy: avoid possible data-race on update operation Florian Westphal
2026-01-02 11:41 ` [PATCH net 4/6] netfilter: replace -EEXIST with -EBUSY Florian Westphal
2026-01-02 11:41 ` Florian Westphal [this message]
2026-01-02 11:41 ` [PATCH net 6/6] netfilter: nf_conncount: update last_gc only when GC has been performed Florian Westphal
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