[iptables PATCH 1/3] ebtables: Clone extensions before modifying them

[Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>]

Upon identifying an extension option, ebt_command_default() would have
the extension parse the option prior to creating a copy for attaching to
the iptables_command_state object. After copying, the (modified)
initial extension's data was cleared.

This somewhat awkward process breaks with among match which increases
match_size if needed (but never reduces it). This change is not undone,
hence leaks into following instances. This in turn is problematic with
ebtables-restore only (as multiple rules are parsed) and specifically
when deleting rules as the potentially over-sized match_size won't match
the one parsed from the kernel.

A workaround would be to make bramong_parse() realloc the match also if
new size is smaller than the old one. This patch attempts a proper fix
though, by making ebt_command_default() copy the extension first and
parsing the option into the copy afterwards.

No Fixes tag: Prior to commit 24bb57d3f52ac ("ebtables: Support for
guided option parser"), ebtables relied upon the extension's parser
return code instead of checking option_offset, so copying the extension
opportunistically wasn't feasible.

Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
---
 iptables/nft-bridge.h |  8 ++++----
 iptables/xtables-eb.c | 16 ++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/iptables/nft-bridge.h b/iptables/nft-bridge.h
index 13b077fc4fbf3..54b473ebff6b0 100644
--- a/iptables/nft-bridge.h
+++ b/iptables/nft-bridge.h
@@ -108,10 +108,10 @@ static inline const char *ebt_target_name(unsigned int verdict)
 })								\
 
 void ebt_cs_clean(struct iptables_command_state *cs);
-void ebt_add_match(struct xtables_match *m,
-			  struct iptables_command_state *cs);
-void ebt_add_watcher(struct xtables_target *watcher,
-                     struct iptables_command_state *cs);
+struct xtables_match *ebt_add_match(struct xtables_match *m,
+				    struct iptables_command_state *cs);
+struct xtables_target *ebt_add_watcher(struct xtables_target *watcher,
+				       struct iptables_command_state *cs);
 int ebt_command_default(struct iptables_command_state *cs,
 			struct xtables_globals *unused, bool ebt_invert);
 
diff --git a/iptables/xtables-eb.c b/iptables/xtables-eb.c
index 658cf4b98c04d..06386cd90830c 100644
--- a/iptables/xtables-eb.c
+++ b/iptables/xtables-eb.c
@@ -367,8 +367,8 @@ static void ebt_load_match_extensions(void)
 	ebt_load_watcher("nflog");
 }
 
-void ebt_add_match(struct xtables_match *m,
-		   struct iptables_command_state *cs)
+struct xtables_match *ebt_add_match(struct xtables_match *m,
+				    struct iptables_command_state *cs)
 {
 	struct xtables_rule_match **rule_matches = &cs->matches;
 	struct xtables_match *newm;
@@ -397,10 +397,12 @@ void ebt_add_match(struct xtables_match *m,
 	for (matchp = &cs->match_list; *matchp; matchp = &(*matchp)->next)
 		;
 	*matchp = newnode;
+
+	return newm;
 }
 
-void ebt_add_watcher(struct xtables_target *watcher,
-		     struct iptables_command_state *cs)
+struct xtables_target *ebt_add_watcher(struct xtables_target *watcher,
+				       struct iptables_command_state *cs)
 {
 	struct ebt_match *newnode, **matchp;
 	struct xtables_target *clone;
@@ -425,6 +427,8 @@ void ebt_add_watcher(struct xtables_target *watcher,
 	for (matchp = &cs->match_list; *matchp; matchp = &(*matchp)->next)
 		;
 	*matchp = newnode;
+
+	return clone;
 }
 
 int ebt_command_default(struct iptables_command_state *cs,
@@ -476,8 +480,8 @@ int ebt_command_default(struct iptables_command_state *cs,
 		if (cs->c < m->option_offset ||
 		    cs->c >= m->option_offset + XT_OPTION_OFFSET_SCALE)
 			continue;
+		m = ebt_add_match(m, cs);
 		xtables_option_mpcall(cs->c, cs->argv, ebt_invert, m, &cs->eb);
-		ebt_add_match(m, cs);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -491,8 +495,8 @@ int ebt_command_default(struct iptables_command_state *cs,
 		if (cs->c < t->option_offset ||
 		    cs->c >= t->option_offset + XT_OPTION_OFFSET_SCALE)
 			continue;
+		t = ebt_add_watcher(t, cs);
 		xtables_option_tpcall(cs->c, cs->argv, ebt_invert, t, &cs->eb);
-		ebt_add_watcher(t, cs);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (cs->c == ':')
-- 
2.47.0