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From: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>,
	Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>, Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
	Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com>,
	Eelco Chaudron <echaudro@redhat.com>,
	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>,
	Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>, Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com>,
	Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@gmail.com>,
	netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, coreteam@netfilter.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dev@openvswitch.org,
	Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org,
	Axel Mierczuk <axel.mierczuk@1password.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 3/6] net: openvswitch: conntrack: fix helper UAF due to extensions realloc
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:55:45 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260921145655.3167436-4-i.maximets@ovn.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260921145655.3167436-1-i.maximets@ovn.org>

While calling the helpers, a raw pointer to the extensions area is
wired into expectations list:

  -> nf_ct_helper()
   -> helper->help()
    -> nf_ct_expect_related_report()
     -> nf_ct_expect_insert()
      -> hlist_add_head_rcu(&exp->lnode, &master_help->expectations)

In case the connection is not confirmed yet, more extensions can be
added afterwards with *_ext_add() calls reallocating the extension
space and leaving the now invalid pointer in the expectations list
that is later accessed while removing the expectation.

Make sure that helpers are called at the end after all the other
extensions are already added.

Note that the helper rejection now leaves the mark and labels set,
but that's not different from how the NAT was handled before or how
the mark and the labels were handled on confirmation failure.  And
there are no atomicity guarantees provided by the API anyway.

Fixes: cae3a2627520 ("openvswitch: Allow attaching helpers to ct action")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Axel Mierczuk <axel.mierczuk@1password.com>
Signed-off-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
---
 net/openvswitch/conntrack.c | 19 +++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c b/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c
index c20f096eef40e..d3326edcabf76 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c
@@ -817,11 +817,14 @@ static int __ovs_ct_lookup(struct net *net, struct sw_flow_key *key,
 			}
 		}
 
-		/* Call the helper only if:
-		 * - nf_conntrack_in() was executed above ("!cached"), or
-		 * - When committing an unconfirmed connection.
+		/* Call the helper only if nf_conntrack_in() was executed
+		 * above ("!cached").
+		 *
+		 * For unconfirmed connections it will be called later during
+		 * commit as we need to have all the other extensions allocated
+		 * before the call.
 		 */
-		if ((nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct) ? !cached : info->commit)) {
+		if (nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct) && !cached) {
 			int err = nf_ct_helper(skb, ct, ctinfo, info->family);
 
 			err = verdict_to_errno(err);
@@ -1025,6 +1028,14 @@ static int ovs_ct_commit(struct net *net, struct sw_flow_key *key,
 			return err;
 
 		nf_conn_act_ct_ext_add(skb, ct, ctinfo);
+
+		/* Call the helpers now.  We couldn't do this before as
+		 * all the extensions must be allocated before the call.
+		 */
+		err = nf_ct_helper(skb, ct, ctinfo, info->family);
+		err = verdict_to_errno(err);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
 	} else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_LABELS) &&
 		   labels_nonzero(&info->labels.mask)) {
 		err = ovs_ct_set_labels(ct, key, &info->labels.value,
-- 
2.55.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-21 14:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-21 14:55 [PATCH net 0/6] ovs, net/sched: fixes for UAF after conntrack extension realloc Ilya Maximets
2026-09-21 14:55 ` [PATCH net 1/6] net: openvswitch: conntrack: avoid modifying shared unconfirmed ct entry Ilya Maximets
2026-09-22 14:58   ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-22 15:27     ` Ilya Maximets
2026-09-22 15:26   ` Aaron Conole
2026-09-21 14:55 ` [PATCH net 2/6] net: openvswitch: conntrack: remove 'add_helper' dead code Ilya Maximets
2026-09-22 14:58   ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-22 15:29     ` Ilya Maximets
2026-09-22 15:26   ` Aaron Conole
2026-09-21 14:55 ` Ilya Maximets [this message]
2026-09-22 14:58   ` [PATCH net 3/6] net: openvswitch: conntrack: fix helper UAF due to extensions realloc netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-22 15:43     ` Ilya Maximets
2026-09-22 15:26   ` Aaron Conole
2026-09-21 14:55 ` [PATCH net 4/6] net/sched: act_ct: avoid modifying shared unconfirmed ct entry Ilya Maximets
2026-09-22 14:58   ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-22 15:52     ` Ilya Maximets
2026-09-22 15:27   ` Aaron Conole
2026-09-22 20:42   ` Xin Long
2026-09-22 21:34   ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-09-21 14:55 ` [PATCH net 5/6] net/sched: act_ct: remove 'add_helper' dead code Ilya Maximets
2026-09-22 15:27   ` Aaron Conole
2026-09-22 20:43   ` Xin Long
2026-09-22 21:35   ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-09-21 14:55 ` [PATCH net 6/6] net/sched: act_ct: fix helper UAF due to extensions realloc Ilya Maximets
2026-09-22 14:58   ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-22 15:54     ` Ilya Maximets
2026-09-22 20:43   ` Xin Long
2026-09-22 21:36   ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-09-23 12:35   ` Aaron Conole
2026-09-24  1:21 ` [PATCH net 0/6] ovs, net/sched: fixes for UAF after conntrack extension realloc Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-24 17:10 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

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