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 6/6] net/sched: act_ct: fix helper UAF due to extensions realloc
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:55:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260921145655.3167436-7-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: a21b06e73191 ("net: sched: add helper support in act_ct")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Axel Mierczuk <axel.mierczuk@1password.com>
Signed-off-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
---
net/sched/act_ct.c | 18 ++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/sched/act_ct.c b/net/sched/act_ct.c
index f62051ec9d57d..411e3dd92d072 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_ct.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_ct.c
@@ -1102,19 +1102,25 @@ TC_INDIRECT_SCOPE int tcf_ct_act(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tc_action *a,
}
}
- if (nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct) ? (!cached && !skip_add) : commit) {
- err = nf_ct_helper(skb, ct, ctinfo, family);
- if (err != NF_ACCEPT)
- goto nf_error;
- }
-
if (commit) {
tcf_ct_act_set_mark(ct, p->mark, p->mark_mask);
tcf_ct_act_set_labels(ct, p->labels, p->labels_mask);
if (!nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct))
nf_conn_act_ct_ext_add(skb, ct, ctinfo);
+ }
+ /* Run helpers for the connection if nf_conntrack_in() was executed
+ * or if we're about to commit. This has to be done after all the
+ * extensions are already added.
+ */
+ if (nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct) ? (!cached && !skip_add) : commit) {
+ err = nf_ct_helper(skb, ct, ctinfo, family);
+ if (err != NF_ACCEPT)
+ goto nf_error;
+ }
+
+ if (commit) {
/* This will take care of sending queued events
* even if the connection is already confirmed.
*/
--
2.55.0
next prev 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 ` [PATCH net 3/6] net: openvswitch: conntrack: fix helper UAF due to extensions realloc Ilya Maximets
2026-09-22 14:58 ` 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 ` Ilya Maximets [this message]
2026-09-22 14:58 ` [PATCH net 6/6] net/sched: act_ct: fix helper UAF due to extensions realloc 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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