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From: Axel Mierczuk <axel.mierczuk@1password.com>
To: Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>, Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
Cc: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>,
	Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>, Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>,
	netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, lvs-devel@vger.kernel.org,
	coreteam@netfilter.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>,
	Keith Hoodlet <keith.hoodlet@1password.com>,
	Axel Mierczuk <axel.mierczuk@1password.com>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH nf 1/2] ipvs: validate cport in received sync records
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:11:14 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260925141115.16126-2-axel.mierczuk@1password.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260925141115.16126-1-axel.mierczuk@1password.com>

Local templates have cport 0 and IP_VS_CONN_F_NO_CPORT clear, so
ip_vs_conn_in_get() cannot match them. A template received over the
unauthenticated sync protocol with a nonzero cport can reach the
protocol state machine. Before template state validation, this
could cause out-of-bounds reads, crashes and kernel data leaks.

Ordinary records with cport 0 and IP_VS_CONN_F_NO_CPORT clear, or
with a nonzero cport and IP_VS_CONN_F_NO_CPORT set, create connections
that incoming lookups cannot match. The latter also keeps the
cport-zero fallback in ip_vs_conn_in_get() enabled.

Reject all three cases. Continue accepting ordinary connections
with cport 0 and IP_VS_CONN_F_NO_CPORT. The companion patch
"ipvs: filter some flags received in the backup server" rejects
template records carrying IP_VS_CONN_F_NO_CPORT.

Fixes: 87375ab47cd0 ("[IPVS]: ip_vs_ftp breaks connections using persistence")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Suggested-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>
Signed-off-by: Axel Mierczuk <axel.mierczuk@1password.com>
---
 net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c
index 5383aeafb0ae..3998e9a0a391 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c
@@ -848,6 +848,25 @@ static void ip_vs_proc_conn(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs, struct ip_vs_conn_param *pa
 	struct ip_vs_dest *dest;
 	struct ip_vs_conn *cp;
 
+	/* Templates require cport 0. Ordinary connections require
+	 * NO_CPORT exactly when cport is 0.
+	 */
+	if (flags & IP_VS_CONN_F_TEMPLATE) {
+		if (param->cport) {
+			IP_VS_DBG(2, "BACKUP, template with cport dropped\n");
+			kfree(param->pe_data);
+			return;
+		}
+	} else if (!param->cport && !(flags & IP_VS_CONN_F_NO_CPORT)) {
+		IP_VS_DBG(2, "BACKUP, conn without cport dropped\n");
+		kfree(param->pe_data);
+		return;
+	} else if (param->cport && (flags & IP_VS_CONN_F_NO_CPORT)) {
+		IP_VS_DBG(2, "BACKUP, conn with cport and NO_CPORT dropped\n");
+		kfree(param->pe_data);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (!(flags & IP_VS_CONN_F_TEMPLATE)) {
 		cp = ip_vs_conn_in_get(param);
 		if (cp && ((cp->dport != dport) ||
-- 
2.43.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-09-25 14:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-25 14:11 [PATCH nf 0/2] ipvs: keep templates and cport 0 conns away from packet lookups Axel Mierczuk
2026-09-25 14:11 ` Axel Mierczuk [this message]
2026-09-29 15:40   ` [PATCH nf 1/2] ipvs: validate cport in received sync records netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-29 17:47     ` Julian Anastasov
2026-09-25 14:11 ` [PATCH nf 2/2] ipvs: skip cport 0 connections in ip_vs_conn_out_get() Axel Mierczuk
2026-09-29 15:40   ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-29 18:16     ` Julian Anastasov
2026-09-25 17:39 ` [PATCH nf 0/2] ipvs: keep templates and cport 0 conns away from packet lookups Julian Anastasov
2026-09-29 18:29 ` Julian Anastasov
     [not found]   ` <CALb1hrnMJGj5ePZSB89ZW0Uv_oNpepeqgAmGcZxRsLyv64HOYA@mail.gmail.com>
2026-10-02 23:04     ` Julian Anastasov

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