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 7/8] netfilter: nft_fib: fix stale stack leak via the OIFNAME register
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:16:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260610161629.214092-8-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260610161629.214092-1-pablo@netfilter.org>
From: Davide Ornaghi <d.ornaghi97@gmail.com>
For NFT_FIB_RESULT_OIFNAME the destination register is declared with
len = IFNAMSIZ (four 32-bit registers), but on the lookup-fail,
RTN_LOCAL and oif-mismatch paths nft_fib{4,6}_eval() only writes one
register via "*dest = 0". The remaining three registers are left as
whatever was on the stack in nft_do_chain()'s struct nft_regs, and a
downstream expression that loads the register span can leak that
uninitialised kernel stack to userspace.
The NFTA_FIB_F_PRESENT existence check has the same shape: it is only
meaningful for NFT_FIB_RESULT_OIF, yet it was accepted for any result type
while the eval stores a single byte via nft_reg_store8(), leaving the rest
of the declared span stale.
Fix both:
- replace the bare "*dest = 0" in the eval with nft_fib_store_result(),
which strscpy_pad()s the whole IFNAMSIZ for OIFNAME (and is already
used on the other early-return path), and
- restrict NFTA_FIB_F_PRESENT to NFT_FIB_RESULT_OIF and declare its
destination as a single u8, so the marked span matches the one byte
the eval writes.
Fixes: f6d0cbcf09c5 ("netfilter: nf_tables: add fib expression")
Suggested-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Davide Ornaghi <d.ornaghi97@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
net/ipv4/netfilter/nft_fib_ipv4.c | 2 +-
net/ipv6/netfilter/nft_fib_ipv6.c | 2 +-
net/netfilter/nft_fib.c | 6 ++++++
3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nft_fib_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nft_fib_ipv4.c
index 9d0c6d75109b..177d738825b4 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nft_fib_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nft_fib_ipv4.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ void nft_fib4_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr, struct nft_regs *regs,
fl4.saddr = get_saddr(iph->daddr);
}
- *dest = 0;
+ nft_fib_store_result(dest, priv, NULL);
if (fib_lookup(nft_net(pkt), &fl4, &res, FIB_LOOKUP_IGNORE_LINKSTATE))
return;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/nft_fib_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/nft_fib_ipv6.c
index 2dbe44715df3..b9ad7cac1417 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/nft_fib_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/nft_fib_ipv6.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ void nft_fib6_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr, struct nft_regs *regs,
lookup_flags = nft_fib6_flowi_init(&fl6, priv, pkt, oif, iph);
- *dest = 0;
+ nft_fib_store_result(dest, priv, NULL);
ret = nft_fib6_lookup(nft_net(pkt), &fl6, &res, lookup_flags);
if (ret || res.fib6_flags & (RTF_REJECT | RTF_ANYCAST | RTF_LOCAL))
return;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_fib.c b/net/netfilter/nft_fib.c
index 327a5f33659c..a1632e308f18 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_fib.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_fib.c
@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ int nft_fib_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, const struct nft_expr *expr,
return -EINVAL;
}
+ if (priv->flags & NFTA_FIB_F_PRESENT) {
+ if (priv->result != NFT_FIB_RESULT_OIF)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ len = sizeof(u8);
+ }
+
err = nft_parse_register_store(ctx, tb[NFTA_FIB_DREG], &priv->dreg,
NULL, NFT_DATA_VALUE, len);
if (err < 0)
--
2.47.3
next prev 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 ` [PATCH net 6/8] netfilter: nft_exthdr: fix register tracking for F_PRESENT flag Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-06-10 16:16 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
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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