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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 6/8] netfilter: nft_exthdr: fix register tracking for F_PRESENT flag
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:16:26 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260610161629.214092-7-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260610161629.214092-1-pablo@netfilter.org>

From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>

nft_exthdr_init() passes user-controlled priv->len to
nft_parse_register_store(), which marks that many bytes in the
register bitmap as initialized.  However, when NFT_EXTHDR_F_PRESENT
is set, the eval paths write only 1 byte (nft_reg_store8) or
4 bytes (*dest = 0 on TCP/DCCP error path).  When len > 4,
registers beyond the first are never written, retaining
uninitialized stack data from nft_regs.

Bail out if userspace requests too much data when F_PRESENT is set.

Reported-by: Ji'an Zhou <eilaimemedsnaimel@gmail.com>
Fixes: c078ca3b0c5b ("netfilter: nft_exthdr: Add support for existence check")
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
 net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c b/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
index e6a07c0df207..d3fc7969f123 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
@@ -532,6 +532,9 @@ static int nft_exthdr_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 			return err;
 	}
 
+	if ((flags & NFT_EXTHDR_F_PRESENT) && len != 1)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	priv->type   = nla_get_u8(tb[NFTA_EXTHDR_TYPE]);
 	priv->offset = offset;
 	priv->len    = len;
-- 
2.47.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-10 16:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-10 16:16 [PATCH net 0/8] Netfilter fixes for net Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-10 16:16 ` [PATCH net 1/8] netfilter: revalidate bridge ports Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-10 16:16 ` [PATCH net 2/8] netfilter: nf_tables_offload: drop device refcount on error Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-10 16:16 ` [PATCH net 3/8] netfilter: nf_conntrack: destroy stale expectfn expectations on unregister Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-10 16:16 ` [PATCH net 4/8] netfilter: x_tables: avoid leaking percpu counter pointers Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-10 16:16 ` [PATCH net 5/8] netfilter: nf_log: validate MAC header was set before dumping it Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-10 16:16 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2026-06-10 16:16 ` [PATCH net 7/8] netfilter: nft_fib: fix stale stack leak via the OIFNAME register Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-10 16:16 ` [PATCH net 8/8] netfilter: nft_meta_bridge: fix stale stack leak via IIFHWADDR register Pablo Neira Ayuso

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