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 7/9] netfilter: nft_ct: bail out on template ct in get eval
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 13:59:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260601115923.433946-8-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260601115923.433946-1-pablo@netfilter.org>
From: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
I noticed this issue while looking at a historic syzbot report [1].
A rule like the one below is enough to trigger the bug:
table ip t {
chain pre {
type filter hook prerouting priority raw;
ct zone set 1
ct original saddr 1.2.3.4 accept
}
}
The first expression attaches a per-cpu template ct via
nft_ct_set_zone_eval() (nf_ct_tmpl_alloc -> kzalloc, tuple is all
zero, nf_ct_l3num(ct) == 0). The next expression then calls
nft_ct_get_eval() on the same skb, treats the template as a real ct
and hits the 16-byte memcpy path. With dreg at NFT_REG32_15 this
overflows past struct nft_regs on the kernel stack; with smaller
dreg values it silently clobbers adjacent registers.
Reject template ct at the eval entry and in nft_ct_get_fast_eval(),
mirroring the check nft_ct_set_eval() already has. Additionally,
bound the address copy in NFT_CT_SRC / NFT_CT_DST by priv->len
instead of by nf_ct_l3num(ct): nf_ct_get_tuple() zeroes the tuple
before pkt_to_tuple() fills in only the protocol-relevant leading
bytes, so the trailing bytes of tuple->{src,dst}.u3.all are
well-defined zero. priv->len is validated at rule load, so the
copy size is now bounded by the destination register rather than
by an untrusted field on the conntrack.
[1]: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=389cf09cb72926114fce90dc85a2c3231dcb647c
Fixes: 45d9bcda21f4 ("netfilter: nf_tables: validate len in nft_validate_data_load()")
Suggested-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
net/netfilter/nft_ct.c | 8 +++-----
net/netfilter/nft_ct_fast.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_ct.c b/net/netfilter/nft_ct.c
index fa2cc556331c..357513c6dcea 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_ct.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_ct.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static void nft_ct_get_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
break;
}
- if (ct == NULL)
+ if (!ct || nf_ct_is_template(ct))
goto err;
switch (priv->key) {
@@ -180,12 +180,10 @@ static void nft_ct_get_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
tuple = &ct->tuplehash[priv->dir].tuple;
switch (priv->key) {
case NFT_CT_SRC:
- memcpy(dest, tuple->src.u3.all,
- nf_ct_l3num(ct) == NFPROTO_IPV4 ? 4 : 16);
+ memcpy(dest, tuple->src.u3.all, priv->len);
return;
case NFT_CT_DST:
- memcpy(dest, tuple->dst.u3.all,
- nf_ct_l3num(ct) == NFPROTO_IPV4 ? 4 : 16);
+ memcpy(dest, tuple->dst.u3.all, priv->len);
return;
case NFT_CT_PROTO_SRC:
nft_reg_store16(dest, (__force u16)tuple->src.u.all);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_ct_fast.c b/net/netfilter/nft_ct_fast.c
index e684c8a91848..ecf7b3a404be 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_ct_fast.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_ct_fast.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ void nft_ct_get_fast_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
break;
}
- if (!ct) {
+ if (!ct || nf_ct_is_template(ct)) {
regs->verdict.code = NFT_BREAK;
return;
}
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-01 11:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-01 11:59 [PATCH net 0/9] Netfilter/IPVS fixes for net Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-01 11:59 ` [PATCH net 1/9] netfilter: xt_NFQUEUE: prefer raw_smp_processor_id Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-01 11:59 ` [PATCH net 2/9] ipvs: clear the svc scheduler ptr early on edit Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-01 11:59 ` [PATCH net 3/9] netfilter: nft_fib_ipv6: bail out of sibling walk if rt got unlinked Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-01 11:59 ` [PATCH net 4/9] netfilter: synproxy: add mutex to guard hook reference counting Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-01 11:59 ` [PATCH net 5/9] netfilter: conntrack_irc: fix possible out-of-bounds read Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-01 11:59 ` [PATCH net 6/9] netfilter: nft_tunnel: fix use-after-free on object destroy Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-01 11:59 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2026-06-01 11:59 ` [PATCH net 8/9] netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-01 11:59 ` [PATCH net 9/9] netfilter: nft_byteorder: remove multi-register support Pablo Neira Ayuso
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