From: Qi Tang <tpluszz77@gmail.com>
To: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>, Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Cc: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>,
netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, coreteam@netfilter.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, Qi Tang <tpluszz77@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] netfilter: ctnetlink: validate expect class against master helper
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:51:31 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260329165131.240989-1-tpluszz77@gmail.com> (raw)
ctnetlink_alloc_expect() validates CTA_EXPECT_CLASS against the
helper specified by CTA_EXPECT_HELP_NAME. However,
__nf_ct_expect_check() and nf_ct_expect_insert() later index the
expect_policy array using the master conntrack's actual helper.
When the supplied helper has a larger expect_class_max than the
master's helper, the class passes validation but produces an
out-of-bounds read on the master helper's heap-allocated policy
array during expectation insertion.
Validate the class against the master conntrack's own helper
instead, since that is the helper whose policy array will actually
be indexed.
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in nf_ct_expect_related_report+0x2479/0x27c0
Read of size 4 at addr ffff8880043fe408 by task poc/102
Call Trace:
nf_ct_expect_related_report+0x2479/0x27c0
ctnetlink_create_expect+0x22b/0x3b0
ctnetlink_new_expect+0x4bd/0x5c0
nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x67a/0x950
netlink_rcv_skb+0x120/0x350
Fixes: b8c5e52c13ed ("netfilter: ctnetlink: allow to set expectation class")
Signed-off-by: Qi Tang <tpluszz77@gmail.com>
---
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c | 9 +++++++--
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index 3f408f3713bb..c57c665363e0 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -3542,9 +3542,14 @@ ctnetlink_alloc_expect(const struct nlattr * const cda[], struct nf_conn *ct,
if (!help)
return ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP);
- if (cda[CTA_EXPECT_CLASS] && helper) {
+ if (cda[CTA_EXPECT_CLASS]) {
+ struct nf_conntrack_helper *master_helper;
+
+ master_helper = rcu_dereference(help->helper);
+ if (!master_helper)
+ return ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP);
class = ntohl(nla_get_be32(cda[CTA_EXPECT_CLASS]));
- if (class > helper->expect_class_max)
+ if (class > master_helper->expect_class_max)
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
}
exp = nf_ct_expect_alloc(ct);
--
2.43.0
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