From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
To: <netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Subject: [PATCH nf] netfilter: x_tables: ensure names are nul-terminated
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2026 15:40:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260329134016.30245-1-fw@strlen.de> (raw)
Reject names that lack a \0 character before feeding them
to functions that expect c-strings.
Fixes tag is the most recent commit that needs this change.
Fixes: c38c4597e4bf ("netfilter: implement xt_cgroup cgroup2 path match")
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
---
net/netfilter/xt_cgroup.c | 6 ++++++
net/netfilter/xt_physdev.c | 10 ++++++++++
net/netfilter/xt_rateest.c | 5 +++++
3 files changed, 21 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_cgroup.c b/net/netfilter/xt_cgroup.c
index c437fbd59ec1..43d2ae2be628 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_cgroup.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_cgroup.c
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ static int cgroup_mt_check_v1(const struct xt_mtchk_param *par)
info->priv = NULL;
if (info->has_path) {
+ if (strnlen(info->path, sizeof(info->path)) >= sizeof(info->path))
+ return -ENAMETOOLONG;
+
cgrp = cgroup_get_from_path(info->path);
if (IS_ERR(cgrp)) {
pr_info_ratelimited("invalid path, errno=%ld\n",
@@ -102,6 +105,9 @@ static int cgroup_mt_check_v2(const struct xt_mtchk_param *par)
info->priv = NULL;
if (info->has_path) {
+ if (strnlen(info->path, sizeof(info->path)) >= sizeof(info->path))
+ return -ENAMETOOLONG;
+
cgrp = cgroup_get_from_path(info->path);
if (IS_ERR(cgrp)) {
pr_info_ratelimited("invalid path, errno=%ld\n",
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_physdev.c b/net/netfilter/xt_physdev.c
index 343e65f377d4..1b522a181a8d 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_physdev.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_physdev.c
@@ -107,6 +107,16 @@ static int physdev_mt_check(const struct xt_mtchk_param *par)
return -EINVAL;
}
+#define X(memb) strnlen(info->memb , sizeof(info->memb)) >= sizeof(info->memb)
+ if (X(physindev))
+ return -ENAMETOOLONG;
+ if (X(physoutdev))
+ return -ENAMETOOLONG;
+ if (X(in_mask))
+ return -ENAMETOOLONG;
+ if (X(out_mask))
+ return -ENAMETOOLONG;
+#undef X
if (!brnf_probed) {
brnf_probed = true;
request_module("br_netfilter");
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_rateest.c b/net/netfilter/xt_rateest.c
index 72324bd976af..b1d736c15fcb 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_rateest.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_rateest.c
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ static int xt_rateest_mt_checkentry(const struct xt_mtchk_param *par)
goto err1;
}
+ if (strnlen(info->name1, sizeof(info->name1)) >= sizeof(info->name1))
+ return -ENAMETOOLONG;
+ if (strnlen(info->name2, sizeof(info->name2)) >= sizeof(info->name2))
+ return -ENAMETOOLONG;
+
ret = -ENOENT;
est1 = xt_rateest_lookup(par->net, info->name1);
if (!est1)
--
2.53.0
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