From: Henry Martin <bsdhenrymartin@gmail.com>
To: pablo@netfilter.org, fw@strlen.de, davem@davemloft.net,
edumazet@kernel.org, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com
Cc: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, coreteam@netfilter.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
Henry Martin <bsdhenrymartin@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] netfilter: nf_tables: fix pernet use-after-free on UNREGISTER rebroadcast
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 19:48:17 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261105114817.3033625-1-bsdhenrymartin@gmail.com> (raw)
A device unregistered outside its netns teardown can be stuck in
netdev_wait_allrefs_any() while the pernet exit handlers of its
netns run to completion. The nftables pernet storage is freed on
that path. The rebroadcasts then hit the nf_tables netdev
notifiers (base chain, flowtable, offload), which read the freed
storage via nft_pernet() and take commit_mutex on it, e.g. on
mainline v7.4-rc1 (KASAN build):
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in nf_tables_netdev_event+0x17c
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88811061c980 by task ip/422
Call Trace:
nf_tables_netdev_event+0x17c/0x1c0
Freed by task 62:
kfree+0x161/0x450
net_passive_dec+0xe5/0x180
cleanup_net+0x45a/0x780
Skip the rebroadcasts in all three notifiers, which are the only
NETDEV_UNREGISTER events delivered with reg_state ==
NETREG_UNREGISTERED. This mirrors commit fd0909e963ed8
("netdev-genl: ignore NETDEV_UNREGISTER rebroadcasts").
This issue was discovered by Tencent CodeBuddy Security.
Fixes: 8a4fc54b07d75 ("net: get rid of rtnl_lock_unregistering()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Henry Martin <bsdhenrymartin@gmail.com>
---
net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 9 +++++++++
net/netfilter/nf_tables_offload.c | 8 ++++++++
net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c | 9 +++++++++
3 files changed, 26 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 59ac623e6805f..e43a1b9fefc36 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -9902,6 +9902,15 @@ static int nf_tables_flowtable_event(struct notifier_block *this,
event != NETDEV_CHANGENAME)
return NOTIFY_DONE;
+ /* netdev_wait_allrefs_any() rebroadcasts NETDEV_UNREGISTER
+ * while waiting for the last references to be dropped; the
+ * netns and its nftables pernet storage may already be torn
+ * down by then.
+ */
+ if (event == NETDEV_UNREGISTER &&
+ READ_ONCE(dev->reg_state) == NETREG_UNREGISTERED)
+ return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
net = dev_net(dev);
nft_net = nft_pernet(net);
mutex_lock(&nft_net->commit_mutex);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_offload.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_offload.c
index 0ac3c26dfb3d1..d360e233d0366 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_offload.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_offload.c
@@ -672,6 +672,14 @@ static int nft_offload_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *this,
if (event != NETDEV_UNREGISTER)
return NOTIFY_DONE;
+ /* netdev_wait_allrefs_any() rebroadcasts NETDEV_UNREGISTER
+ * while waiting for the last references to be dropped; the
+ * netns and its nftables pernet storage may already be torn
+ * down by then.
+ */
+ if (READ_ONCE(dev->reg_state) == NETREG_UNREGISTERED)
+ return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
nft_net = nft_pernet(net);
mutex_lock(&nft_net->commit_mutex);
chain = __nft_offload_get_chain(nft_net, dev);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c b/net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c
index e04e689f22284..b3cfe8d426753 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c
@@ -412,6 +412,15 @@ static int nf_tables_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *this,
event != NETDEV_CHANGENAME)
return NOTIFY_DONE;
+ /* netdev_wait_allrefs_any() rebroadcasts NETDEV_UNREGISTER
+ * while waiting for the last references to be dropped; the
+ * netns and its nftables pernet storage may already be torn
+ * down by then.
+ */
+ if (event == NETDEV_UNREGISTER &&
+ READ_ONCE(dev->reg_state) == NETREG_UNREGISTERED)
+ return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
nft_net = nft_pernet(dev_net(dev));
mutex_lock(&nft_net->commit_mutex);
--
2.43.7
next reply other threads:[~2026-11-05 11:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-05 11:48 Henry Martin [this message]
2026-11-05 11:58 ` [PATCH] netfilter: nf_tables: fix pernet use-after-free on UNREGISTER rebroadcast Florian Westphal
2026-11-05 12:30 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-11-05 13:15 ` henry martin
2026-11-05 14:09 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-11-05 14:26 ` Florian Westphal
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