public inbox for netdev@vger.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
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 05/10] netfilter: nf_conntrack_helper: pass helper to expect cleanup
Date: Wed,  1 Apr 2026 12:36:41 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260401103646.1015423-6-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260401103646.1015423-1-pablo@netfilter.org>

From: Qi Tang <tpluszz77@gmail.com>

nf_conntrack_helper_unregister() calls nf_ct_expect_iterate_destroy()
to remove expectations belonging to the helper being unregistered.
However, it passes NULL instead of the helper pointer as the data
argument, so expect_iter_me() never matches any expectation and all
of them survive the cleanup.

After unregister returns, nfnl_cthelper_del() frees the helper
object immediately.  Subsequent expectation dumps or packet-driven
init_conntrack() calls then dereference the freed exp->helper,
causing a use-after-free.

Pass the actual helper pointer so expectations referencing it are
properly destroyed before the helper object is freed.

  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in string+0x38f/0x430
  Read of size 1 at addr ffff888003b14d20 by task poc/103
  Call Trace:
   string+0x38f/0x430
   vsnprintf+0x3cc/0x1170
   seq_printf+0x17a/0x240
   exp_seq_show+0x2e5/0x560
   seq_read_iter+0x419/0x1280
   proc_reg_read+0x1ac/0x270
   vfs_read+0x179/0x930
   ksys_read+0xef/0x1c0
  Freed by task 103:
  The buggy address is located 32 bytes inside of
   freed 192-byte region [ffff888003b14d00, ffff888003b14dc0)

Fixes: ac7b84839003 ("netfilter: expect: add and use nf_ct_expect_iterate helpers")
Signed-off-by: Qi Tang <tpluszz77@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
index 1b330ba6613b..a715304a53d8 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ void nf_conntrack_helper_unregister(struct nf_conntrack_helper *me)
 	 */
 	synchronize_rcu();
 
-	nf_ct_expect_iterate_destroy(expect_iter_me, NULL);
+	nf_ct_expect_iterate_destroy(expect_iter_me, me);
 	nf_ct_iterate_destroy(unhelp, me);
 
 	/* nf_ct_iterate_destroy() does an unconditional synchronize_rcu() as
-- 
2.47.3


  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 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
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 ` [PATCH net 09/10] netfilter: x_tables: restrict xt_check_match/xt_check_target extensions for NFPROTO_ARP Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-01 10:36 ` [PATCH net 10/10] netfilter: nf_tables: reject immediate NF_QUEUE verdict Pablo Neira Ayuso

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20260401103646.1015423-6-pablo@netfilter.org \
    --to=pablo@netfilter.org \
    --cc=davem@davemloft.net \
    --cc=edumazet@google.com \
    --cc=fw@strlen.de \
    --cc=horms@kernel.org \
    --cc=kuba@kernel.org \
    --cc=netdev@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=pabeni@redhat.com \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox