From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com, fw@strlen.de,
horms@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net 09/10] netfilter: x_tables: restrict xt_check_match/xt_check_target extensions for NFPROTO_ARP
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 12:36:45 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260401103646.1015423-10-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260401103646.1015423-1-pablo@netfilter.org>
Weiming Shi says:
xt_match and xt_target structs registered with NFPROTO_UNSPEC can be
loaded by any protocol family through nft_compat. When such a
match/target sets .hooks to restrict which hooks it may run on, the
bitmask uses NF_INET_* constants. This is only correct for families
whose hook layout matches NF_INET_*: IPv4, IPv6, INET, and bridge
all share the same five hooks (PRE_ROUTING ... POST_ROUTING).
ARP only has three hooks (IN=0, OUT=1, FORWARD=2) with different
semantics. Because NF_ARP_OUT == 1 == NF_INET_LOCAL_IN, the .hooks
validation silently passes for the wrong reasons, allowing matches to
run on ARP chains where the hook assumptions (e.g. state->in being
set on input hooks) do not hold. This leads to NULL pointer
dereferences; xt_devgroup is one concrete example:
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000044: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000220-0x0000000000000227]
RIP: 0010:devgroup_mt+0xff/0x350
Call Trace:
<TASK>
nft_match_eval (net/netfilter/nft_compat.c:407)
nft_do_chain (net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:285)
nft_do_chain_arp (net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c:61)
nf_hook_slow (net/netfilter/core.c:623)
arp_xmit (net/ipv4/arp.c:666)
</TASK>
Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt
Fix it by restricting arptables to NFPROTO_ARP extensions only.
Note that arptables-legacy only supports:
- arpt_CLASSIFY
- arpt_mangle
- arpt_MARK
that provide explicit NFPROTO_ARP match/target declarations.
Fixes: 9291747f118d ("netfilter: xtables: add device group match")
Reported-by: Xiang Mei <xmei5@asu.edu>
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
net/netfilter/x_tables.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
index e594b3b7ad82..b39017c80548 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
@@ -501,6 +501,17 @@ int xt_check_match(struct xt_mtchk_param *par,
par->match->table, par->table);
return -EINVAL;
}
+
+ /* NFPROTO_UNSPEC implies NF_INET_* hooks which do not overlap with
+ * NF_ARP_IN,OUT,FORWARD, allow explicit extensions with NFPROTO_ARP
+ * support.
+ */
+ if (par->family == NFPROTO_ARP &&
+ par->match->family != NFPROTO_ARP) {
+ pr_info_ratelimited("%s_tables: %s match: not valid for this family\n",
+ xt_prefix[par->family], par->match->name);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
if (par->match->hooks && (par->hook_mask & ~par->match->hooks) != 0) {
char used[64], allow[64];
@@ -1016,6 +1027,18 @@ int xt_check_target(struct xt_tgchk_param *par,
par->target->table, par->table);
return -EINVAL;
}
+
+ /* NFPROTO_UNSPEC implies NF_INET_* hooks which do not overlap with
+ * NF_ARP_IN,OUT,FORWARD, allow explicit extensions with NFPROTO_ARP
+ * support.
+ */
+ if (par->family == NFPROTO_ARP &&
+ par->target->family != NFPROTO_ARP) {
+ pr_info_ratelimited("%s_tables: %s target: not valid for this family\n",
+ xt_prefix[par->family], par->target->name);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
if (par->target->hooks && (par->hook_mask & ~par->target->hooks) != 0) {
char used[64], allow[64];
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-01 10:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-01 10:36 [PATCH net 00/10] Netfilter fixes for net Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-01 10:36 ` [PATCH net 01/10] netfilter: flowtable: strictly check for maximum number of actions Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-02 2:30 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
2026-04-01 10:36 ` [PATCH net 02/10] netfilter: nfnetlink_log: account for netlink header size Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-01 10:36 ` [PATCH net 03/10] netfilter: x_tables: ensure names are nul-terminated Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-01 10:36 ` [PATCH net 04/10] netfilter: ipset: use nla_strcmp for IPSET_ATTR_NAME attr Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-01 10:36 ` [PATCH net 05/10] netfilter: nf_conntrack_helper: pass helper to expect cleanup Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-01 10:36 ` [PATCH net 06/10] netfilter: ctnetlink: zero expect NAT fields when CTA_EXPECT_NAT absent Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-01 10:36 ` [PATCH net 07/10] netfilter: ctnetlink: ignore explicit helper on new expectations Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-01 10:36 ` [PATCH net 08/10] netfilter: ipset: drop logically empty buckets in mtype_del Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-01 10:36 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2026-04-01 10:36 ` [PATCH net 10/10] netfilter: nf_tables: reject immediate NF_QUEUE verdict Pablo Neira Ayuso
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