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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 07/10] netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: skip transaction elements during GC
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:41:38 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260930074142.298353-8-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260930074142.298353-1-pablo@netfilter.org>

From: Weiming Shi <bestswngs@gmail.com>

Since nft_set_commit_update() runs set commit callbacks before processing
NEWSETELEM transactions, nft_rbtree_gc_scan() can observe elements added by
the transaction being committed.

The scan records an interval end in rbe_end without checking the element's
transaction state. A later, unrelated expired start then moves both
elements to the expired list. The synchronous GC queue can free the new end
element before the transaction subsequently activates it, causing a
use-after-free.

Only consider elements that are fully active in both generations. This
keeps transaction-state elements out of the GC scan and preserves interval
pairing across skipped elements.

KASAN reports:

  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in nft_setelem_activate
  nft_setelem_activate net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:7047
  nf_tables_commit net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:11137

  Allocated by task 130:
  nft_set_elem_init net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:6794
  nft_add_set_elem net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:7523

  Freed by task 130:
  nft_trans_gc_trans_free net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:10506
  rcu_core kernel/rcu/tree.c:2919

Fixes: 1e3b9e1c77fe ("netfilter: nf_tables: call set ops .commit when building new ruleset blob")
Reported-by: <co+ee5e50ef2670e5f4@bugs.sh>
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Weiming Shi <bestswngs@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
 net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c b/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c
index 9894832281c4..12431b55752f 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c
@@ -900,6 +900,8 @@ static void nft_rbtree_gc_scan(struct nft_set *set)
 		next = rb_next(node);
 
 		rbe = rb_entry(node, struct nft_rbtree_elem, node);
+		if (!nft_set_elem_active(&rbe->ext, NFT_GENMASK_ANY))
+			continue;
 
 		/* elements are reversed in the rbtree for historical reasons,
 		 * from highest to lowest value, that is why end element is
-- 
2.47.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-30  7:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-30  7:41 [PATCH net,v2 00/10] Netfilter/IPVS fixes for net Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-30  7:41 ` [PATCH net 01/10] netfilter: ipset: do not update comments from kernel-side adds Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-30  7:44   ` netdev-bot+sinfo
2026-10-01 10:20   ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
2026-09-30  7:41 ` [PATCH net 02/10] netfilter: nft_flow_offload: drop flowtable reference on init error path Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-30  7:41 ` [PATCH net 03/10] ipvs: fix missing counter decrement in lblc Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-30  7:41 ` [PATCH net 04/10] ipvs: bound LBLCR and LBLC cache growth Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-30  7:41 ` [PATCH net 05/10] ipvs: do not create invisible templates Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-30  7:41 ` [PATCH net 06/10] ipvs: filter some flags received in the backup server Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-30  7:41 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2026-09-30  7:41 ` [PATCH net 08/10] netfilter: bpf: reject invalid NAT manipulation types Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-30  7:41 ` [PATCH net 09/10] netfilter: flowtable: generalize pending status bit Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-30  7:41 ` [PATCH net 10/10] netfilter: flowtable: restore ieee80211 forward path Pablo Neira Ayuso

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