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, horms@kernel.org,
fw@strlen.de, ja@ssi.bg
Subject: [PATCH net 2/7] netfilter: nf_tables: fix device name and prefix match in hook lookup
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:18:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260909221844.1650275-3-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260909221844.1650275-1-pablo@netfilter.org>
From: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
Currently, a netdev chain or flowtable hooked to a device prefix can be
unintentionally deleted by a control-plane request targeting an exact
device name or even a shorter one due to the usage of min() to calculate
the length to match.
Fix this by making sure an exact device match never matches a prefix and
that both the target and the candidate have the same length during
delete operation. The add and update paths retain the existing overlap
matching to prevent a single device from matching multiple hooks.
Reported-by: Wei Fang <void0red@gmail.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netfilter-devel/CANE+tVrDeNCHQVmsqkV2ozeBqyE3GtRDMhZgsg1bhw10yGNTRQ@mail.gmail.com/
Fixes: 6d07a289504a ("netfilter: nf_tables: Support wildcard netdev hook specs")
Signed-off-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 22 +++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 765a92fa90d6..3ab478ea7acb 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -2440,11 +2440,14 @@ static struct nft_hook *nft_netdev_hook_alloc(struct net *net,
}
static struct nft_hook *nft_hook_list_find(struct list_head *hook_list,
- const struct nft_hook *this)
+ const struct nft_hook *this,
+ bool strict)
{
struct nft_hook *hook;
list_for_each_entry(hook, hook_list, list) {
+ if (strict && hook->ifnamelen != this->ifnamelen)
+ continue;
if (!strncmp(hook->ifname, this->ifname,
min(hook->ifnamelen, this->ifnamelen))) {
if (hook->flags & NFT_HOOK_REMOVE)
@@ -2486,7 +2489,7 @@ static int nf_tables_parse_netdev_hooks(struct net *net,
err = PTR_ERR(hook);
goto err_hook;
}
- if (nft_hook_list_find(hook_list, hook)) {
+ if (nft_hook_list_find(hook_list, hook, false)) {
NL_SET_BAD_ATTR(extack, tmp);
nft_netdev_hook_free(hook);
err = -EEXIST;
@@ -2943,7 +2946,7 @@ static int nf_tables_updchain(struct nft_ctx *ctx, u8 genmask, u8 policy,
ops->hook = basechain->ops.hook;
}
- if (nft_hook_list_find(&basechain->hook_list, h)) {
+ if (nft_hook_list_find(&basechain->hook_list, h, false)) {
list_del(&h->list);
nft_netdev_hook_free(h);
continue;
@@ -2956,7 +2959,8 @@ static int nf_tables_updchain(struct nft_ctx *ctx, u8 genmask, u8 policy,
!nft_trans_chain_update(trans))
continue;
- if (nft_hook_list_find(&nft_trans_chain_hooks(trans), h)) {
+ if (nft_hook_list_find(&nft_trans_chain_hooks(trans),
+ h, false)) {
nft_chain_release_hook(&hook);
return -EEXIST;
}
@@ -3257,7 +3261,7 @@ static int nft_delchain_hook(struct nft_ctx *ctx,
return err;
list_for_each_entry(this, &chain_hook.list, list) {
- hook = nft_hook_list_find(&basechain->hook_list, this);
+ hook = nft_hook_list_find(&basechain->hook_list, this, true);
if (!hook) {
err = -ENOENT;
goto err_chain_del_hook;
@@ -9053,7 +9057,7 @@ static int nft_register_flowtable_net_hooks(struct net *net,
if (!nft_is_active_next(net, ft))
continue;
- if (nft_hook_list_find(&ft->hook_list, hook)) {
+ if (nft_hook_list_find(&ft->hook_list, hook, false)) {
err = -EEXIST;
goto err_unregister_net_hooks;
}
@@ -9130,7 +9134,7 @@ static int nft_flowtable_update(struct nft_ctx *ctx, const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
return err;
list_for_each_entry_safe(hook, next, &flowtable_hook.list, list) {
- if (nft_hook_list_find(&flowtable->hook_list, hook)) {
+ if (nft_hook_list_find(&flowtable->hook_list, hook, false)) {
list_del(&hook->list);
nft_netdev_hook_free(hook);
continue;
@@ -9143,7 +9147,7 @@ static int nft_flowtable_update(struct nft_ctx *ctx, const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
!nft_trans_flowtable_update(trans))
continue;
- if (nft_hook_list_find(&nft_trans_flowtable_hooks(trans), hook)) {
+ if (nft_hook_list_find(&nft_trans_flowtable_hooks(trans), hook, false)) {
err = -EEXIST;
goto err_flowtable_update_hook;
}
@@ -9363,7 +9367,7 @@ static int nft_delflowtable_hook(struct nft_ctx *ctx,
return err;
list_for_each_entry(this, &flowtable_hook.list, list) {
- hook = nft_hook_list_find(&flowtable->hook_list, this);
+ hook = nft_hook_list_find(&flowtable->hook_list, this, true);
if (!hook) {
err = -ENOENT;
goto err_flowtable_del_hook;
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-09 22:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-09 22:18 [PATCH net 0/7] Netfilter/IPVS fixes for net Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-09 22:18 ` [PATCH net 1/7] netfilter: nft_nat: fully initialise new_addr in netmap setup Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-09 22:18 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2026-09-09 22:18 ` [PATCH net 3/7] netfilter: nf_nat: unregister and release hooks on error Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-11 0:46 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-09 22:18 ` [PATCH net 4/7] ipvs: revalidate ihl before icmp_send Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-11 0:46 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-11 9:56 ` Julian Anastasov
2026-09-09 22:18 ` [PATCH net 5/7] netfilter: flowtable: hold reference on ct until flow is released Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-09 22:18 ` [PATCH net 6/7] netfilter: xt_IDLETIMER: allocate timer with kzalloc() Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-11 0:46 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-09 22:18 ` [PATCH net 7/7] netfilter: hold reference on module during netlink dump Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-11 0:46 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-11 0:49 ` [PATCH net 0/7] Netfilter/IPVS fixes for net Jakub Kicinski
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