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However, it passes NULL instead of the helper pointer as the data argument, so expect_iter_me() never matches any expectation and all of them survive the cleanup. After unregister returns, nfnl_cthelper_del() frees the helper object immediately. Subsequent expectation dumps or packet-driven init_conntrack() calls then dereference the freed exp->helper, causing a use-after-free. Pass the actual helper pointer so expectations referencing it are properly destroyed before the helper object is freed. BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in string+0x38f/0x430 Read of size 1 at addr ffff888003b14d20 by task poc/103 Call Trace: string+0x38f/0x430 vsnprintf+0x3cc/0x1170 seq_printf+0x17a/0x240 exp_seq_show+0x2e5/0x560 seq_read_iter+0x419/0x1280 proc_reg_read+0x1ac/0x270 vfs_read+0x179/0x930 ksys_read+0xef/0x1c0 Freed by task 103: The buggy address is located 32 bytes inside of freed 192-byte region [ffff888003b14d00, ffff888003b14dc0) Fixes: ac7b84839003 ("netfilter: expect: add and use nf_ct_expect_iterate helpers") Signed-off-by: Qi Tang --- net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c index 1b330ba6613b..a715304a53d8 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c @@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ void nf_conntrack_helper_unregister(struct nf_conntrack_helper *me) */ synchronize_rcu(); - nf_ct_expect_iterate_destroy(expect_iter_me, NULL); + nf_ct_expect_iterate_destroy(expect_iter_me, me); nf_ct_iterate_destroy(unhelp, me); /* nf_ct_iterate_destroy() does an unconditional synchronize_rcu() as -- 2.43.0