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 01/11] netfilter: ctnetlink: fix use-after-free in ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct()
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:06:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260313150614.21177-2-fw@strlen.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260313150614.21177-1-fw@strlen.de>
From: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com>
ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct() stores a conntrack pointer in cb->data for the
netlink dump callback ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table(), but drops the
conntrack reference immediately after netlink_dump_start(). When the
dump spans multiple rounds, the second recvmsg() triggers the dump
callback which dereferences the now-freed conntrack via nfct_help(ct),
leading to a use-after-free on ct->ext.
The bug is that the netlink_dump_control has no .start or .done
callbacks to manage the conntrack reference across dump rounds. Other
dump functions in the same file (e.g. ctnetlink_get_conntrack) properly
use .start/.done callbacks for this purpose.
Fix this by adding .start and .done callbacks that hold and release the
conntrack reference for the duration of the dump, and move the
nfct_help() call after the cb->args[0] early-return check in the dump
callback to avoid dereferencing ct->ext unnecessarily.
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table+0x4f/0x2e0
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810597ebf0 by task ctnetlink_poc/133
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 133 Comm: ctnetlink_poc Not tainted 7.0.0-rc2+ #3 PREEMPTLAZY
Call Trace:
<TASK>
ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table+0x4f/0x2e0
netlink_dump+0x333/0x880
netlink_recvmsg+0x3e2/0x4b0
? aa_sk_perm+0x184/0x450
sock_recvmsg+0xde/0xf0
Allocated by task 133:
kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x134/0x440
__nf_conntrack_alloc+0xa8/0x2b0
ctnetlink_create_conntrack+0xa1/0x900
ctnetlink_new_conntrack+0x3cf/0x7d0
nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x48e/0x510
netlink_rcv_skb+0xc9/0x1f0
nfnetlink_rcv+0xdb/0x220
netlink_unicast+0x3ec/0x590
netlink_sendmsg+0x397/0x690
__sys_sendmsg+0xf4/0x180
Freed by task 0:
slab_free_after_rcu_debug+0xad/0x1e0
rcu_core+0x5c3/0x9c0
Fixes: e844a928431f ("netfilter: ctnetlink: allow to dump expectation per master conntrack")
Signed-off-by: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
---
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index c9d725fc2d71..65aa44a12d01 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -3212,7 +3212,7 @@ ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
{
struct nfgenmsg *nfmsg = nlmsg_data(cb->nlh);
struct nf_conn *ct = cb->data;
- struct nf_conn_help *help = nfct_help(ct);
+ struct nf_conn_help *help;
u_int8_t l3proto = nfmsg->nfgen_family;
unsigned long last_id = cb->args[1];
struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp;
@@ -3220,6 +3220,10 @@ ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
if (cb->args[0])
return 0;
+ help = nfct_help(ct);
+ if (!help)
+ return 0;
+
rcu_read_lock();
restart:
@@ -3249,6 +3253,24 @@ ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
return skb->len;
}
+static int ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct_start(struct netlink_callback *cb)
+{
+ struct nf_conn *ct = cb->data;
+
+ if (!refcount_inc_not_zero(&ct->ct_general.use))
+ return -ENOENT;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct_done(struct netlink_callback *cb)
+{
+ struct nf_conn *ct = cb->data;
+
+ if (ct)
+ nf_ct_put(ct);
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct(struct net *net, struct sock *ctnl,
struct sk_buff *skb,
const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
@@ -3264,6 +3286,8 @@ static int ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct(struct net *net, struct sock *ctnl,
struct nf_conntrack_zone zone;
struct netlink_dump_control c = {
.dump = ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table,
+ .start = ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct_start,
+ .done = ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct_done,
};
err = ctnetlink_parse_tuple(cda, &tuple, CTA_EXPECT_MASTER,
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-13 15:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-13 15:06 [PATCH net 00/11] netfilter: updates for net Florian Westphal
2026-03-13 15:06 ` Florian Westphal [this message]
2026-03-14 16:20 ` [PATCH net 01/11] netfilter: ctnetlink: fix use-after-free in ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct() patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
2026-03-13 15:06 ` [PATCH net 02/11] netfilter: conntrack: add missing netlink policy validations Florian Westphal
2026-03-13 15:06 ` [PATCH net 03/11] netfilter: nf_conntrack_sip: fix Content-Length u32 truncation in sip_help_tcp() Florian Westphal
2026-03-13 15:06 ` [PATCH net 04/11] netfilter: revert nft_set_rbtree: validate open interval overlap Florian Westphal
2026-03-16 8:14 ` [PATCH net 04/11] netfilter: revert nft_set_rbtree: validate open interval overlap: manual merge Matthieu Baerts
2026-03-13 15:06 ` [PATCH net 05/11] netfilter: nf_flow_table_ip: reset mac header before vlan push Florian Westphal
2026-03-13 15:06 ` [PATCH net 06/11] netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: fix OOB read in decode_int() CONS case Florian Westphal
2026-03-14 16:12 ` [net,06/11] " Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-14 18:31 ` Florian Westphal
2026-03-14 22:16 ` Guanni Qu
2026-03-15 1:23 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-13 15:06 ` [PATCH net 07/11] nf_tables: nft_dynset: fix possible stateful expression memleak in error path Florian Westphal
2026-03-13 15:06 ` [PATCH net 08/11] netfilter: nft_ct: drop pending enqueued packets on removal Florian Westphal
2026-03-13 15:06 ` [PATCH net 09/11] netfilter: xt_CT: drop pending enqueued packets on template removal Florian Westphal
2026-03-13 15:06 ` [PATCH net 10/11] netfilter: xt_time: use unsigned int for monthday bit shift Florian Westphal
2026-03-13 15:06 ` [PATCH net 11/11] netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: check for zero length in DecodeQ931() Florian Westphal
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