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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@kernel.org, horms@kernel.org,
	fw@strlen.de, ja@ssi.bg
Subject: [PATCH net 11/15] ipvs: validate cport in received sync records
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 02:14:43 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261113011447.2357709-12-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261113011447.2357709-1-pablo@netfilter.org>

From: Axel Mierczuk <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 commit f96e91748f63
("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>
Acked-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
 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 f11c59eca553..7e562e745ab5 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c
@@ -871,6 +871,25 @@ 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) ||
-- 
2.47.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-11-13  1:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-13  1:14 [PATCH net 00/15] IPVS fixes for net Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-11-13  1:14 ` [PATCH net 01/15] ipvs: avoid out-of-bounds write in ip_vs_nat_icmp_v6 Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-11-13  1:16   ` netdev-bot+sinfo
2026-11-13  1:14 ` [PATCH net 02/15] ipv6: update *offset for non-first fragments in ipv6_find_hdr() Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-11-13  1:14 ` [PATCH net 03/15] ipvs: fix problems during connection deletion Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-11-13  1:14 ` [PATCH net 04/15] ipvs: avoid stack overflow from recursive connection expiration Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-11-13  1:14 ` [PATCH net 05/15] ipvs: reject FTP control ports as data ports Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-11-13  1:14 ` [PATCH net 06/15] ipvs: ftp: skip conntrack templates in ip_vs_ftp_out Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-11-13  1:14 ` [PATCH net 07/15] ipvs: ftp: add seqadj extension before linking the expectation Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-11-13  1:14 ` [PATCH net 08/15] ipvs: update flags and seqs in backup server under lock Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-11-13  1:14 ` [PATCH net 09/15] ipvs: read flags and seqs in master atomically Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-11-13  1:14 ` [PATCH net 10/15] ipvs: honor the overload state and do not enter it forever Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-11-13  1:14 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2026-11-13  1:14 ` [PATCH net 12/15] ipvs: skip cport 0 connections in ip_vs_conn_out_get() Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-11-13  1:14 ` [PATCH net 13/15] ipvs: do not create conns from packets with port 0 Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-11-13  1:14 ` [PATCH net 14/15] ipvs: wait grace period before reusing destinations Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-11-13  1:14 ` [PATCH net 15/15] ipvs: pass correct sk to update_pmtu and on tunneling Pablo Neira Ayuso

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