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 01/11] netfilter: arp_tables: fix IEEE1394 ARP payload parsing in arp_packet_match()
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:14:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260416131453.308611-2-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260416131453.308611-1-pablo@netfilter.org>
From: Weiming Shi <bestswngs@gmail.com>
arp_packet_match() unconditionally parses the ARP payload assuming two
hardware addresses are present (source and target). However,
IPv4-over-IEEE1394 ARP (RFC 2734) omits the target hardware address
field, and arp_hdr_len() already accounts for this by returning a
shorter length for ARPHRD_IEEE1394 devices.
As a result, on IEEE1394 interfaces arp_packet_match() advances past a
nonexistent target hardware address and reads the wrong bytes for both
the target device address comparison and the target IP address. This
causes arptables rules to match against garbage data, leading to
incorrect filtering decisions: packets that should be accepted may be
dropped and vice versa.
The ARP stack in net/ipv4/arp.c (arp_create and arp_process) already
handles this correctly by skipping the target hardware address for
ARPHRD_IEEE1394. Apply the same pattern to arp_packet_match().
[ Pablo has mangled this patch to include Simon Horman's suggestions ]
Fixes: 6752c8db8e0c ("firewire net, ipv4 arp: Extend hardware address and remove driver-level packet inspection.")
Reported-by: Xiang Mei <xmei5@asu.edu>
Signed-off-by: Weiming Shi <bestswngs@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c | 14 +++++++++++---
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c
index 1cdd9c28ab2d..a7a56890b5b5 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c
@@ -110,13 +110,21 @@ static inline int arp_packet_match(const struct arphdr *arphdr,
arpptr += dev->addr_len;
memcpy(&src_ipaddr, arpptr, sizeof(u32));
arpptr += sizeof(u32);
- tgt_devaddr = arpptr;
- arpptr += dev->addr_len;
+
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FIREWIRE_NET) && dev->type == ARPHRD_IEEE1394) {
+ tgt_devaddr = NULL;
+ } else {
+ tgt_devaddr = arpptr;
+ arpptr += dev->addr_len;
+ }
memcpy(&tgt_ipaddr, arpptr, sizeof(u32));
if (NF_INVF(arpinfo, ARPT_INV_SRCDEVADDR,
arp_devaddr_compare(&arpinfo->src_devaddr, src_devaddr,
- dev->addr_len)) ||
+ dev->addr_len)))
+ return 0;
+
+ if (tgt_devaddr &&
NF_INVF(arpinfo, ARPT_INV_TGTDEVADDR,
arp_devaddr_compare(&arpinfo->tgt_devaddr, tgt_devaddr,
dev->addr_len)))
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-16 13:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-16 13:14 [PATCH net,v2 00/11] Netfilter/IPVS fixes for net Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-16 13:14 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2026-04-16 13:14 ` [PATCH net 02/11] netfilter: nfnetlink_osf: fix divide-by-zero in OSF_WSS_MODULO Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-16 13:14 ` [PATCH net 03/11] netfilter: nft_osf: restrict it to ipv4 Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-16 13:14 ` [PATCH net 04/11] netfilter: nfnetlink_osf: fix null-ptr-deref in nf_osf_ttl Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-16 13:14 ` [PATCH net 05/11] netfilter: conntrack: remove sprintf usage Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-16 13:14 ` [PATCH net 06/11] netfilter: xtables: restrict several matches to inet family Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-16 13:14 ` [PATCH net 07/11] netfilter: nat: use kfree_rcu to release ops Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-16 13:14 ` [PATCH net 08/11] ipvs: fix MTU check for GSO packets in tunnel mode Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-16 13:14 ` [PATCH net 09/11] netfilter: nf_tables: use list_del_rcu for netlink hooks Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-16 13:14 ` [PATCH net 10/11] rculist: add list_splice_rcu() for private lists Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-16 13:14 ` [PATCH net 11/11] netfilter: nf_tables: join hook list via splice_list_rcu() in commit phase Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-16 21:16 ` [PATCH net,v2 00/11] Netfilter/IPVS fixes for net Florian Westphal
2026-04-17 7:51 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-17 9:16 ` Fernando Fernandez Mancera
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