From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
To: <netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Subject: [PATCH v3 nf-next 3/3] netfilter: nftables: restrict checkum update offset
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 13:51:55 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260609115201.2563-4-fw@strlen.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260609115201.2563-1-fw@strlen.de>
After previous patch, writes to network header are restricted.
However, there is another way to manipulate the l3 header: The
checksum update function.
Restrict this for network header writes, only the ipv4 header is
allowed. This needs run-time checks because BRIDGE, INET, NETDEV
families can carry l3 headers other than IP.
checksum updates to the udp/tcp (l4) headers are not restricted.
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
---
v3: no changes.
net/netfilter/nft_payload.c | 100 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 100 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c b/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c
index 8e4388bee459..a8ba9dacde62 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c
@@ -990,6 +990,83 @@ static bool nft_ll_write_ok(const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt, int offset)
return offset <= skb_network_offset(pkt->skb);
}
+static bool nft_payload_validate_inet_csum_offset(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
+ const struct nft_payload_set *priv)
+{
+ switch (priv->base) {
+ case NFT_PAYLOAD_LL_HEADER:
+ break;
+ case NFT_PAYLOAD_NETWORK_HEADER:
+ if (ctx->family == NFPROTO_IPV4) {
+ if (offsetof(struct iphdr, check) == priv->csum_offset)
+ return true;
+
+ return false;
+ }
+ return true; /* run time validation required */
+ case NFT_PAYLOAD_TRANSPORT_HEADER:
+ if (priv->csum_flags) /* makes no sense, asks for "re-update" of L4 checksum */
+ return false;
+
+ /* no further check here; offset can't be negative so bogus
+ * offsets can corrupt L4 or payload but not l3 headers.
+ * We already allow arbitrary l4/inner payload writes.
+ */
+ return true;
+ case NFT_PAYLOAD_INNER_HEADER:
+ return true;
+ case NFT_PAYLOAD_TUN_HEADER:
+ break;
+ }
+
+ return false;
+}
+
+/* do not allow arbitrary network header mangling via bogus csum_off.
+ * We only support ipv4. Only NFPROTO_IPV4 can be checked from control
+ * plane.
+ */
+static bool nft_payload_csum_nh_write_ok(const struct nft_payload_set *priv,
+ const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt)
+{
+ switch (pkt->state->pf) {
+ case NFPROTO_IPV4:
+ /* Warning: NFPROTO_INET was not checked; we can't return true here. */
+ return priv->csum_offset == offsetof(struct iphdr, check);
+ case NFPROTO_IPV6:
+ return false;
+ case NFPROTO_BRIDGE:
+ return pkt->ethertype == htons(ETH_P_IP) &&
+ priv->csum_offset == offsetof(struct iphdr, check);
+ case NFPROTO_NETDEV:
+ return pkt->skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP) &&
+ priv->csum_offset == offsetof(struct iphdr, check);
+ }
+
+ return false;
+}
+
+static bool nft_payload_csum_write_ok(const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt,
+ const struct nft_payload_set *priv)
+{
+ switch (priv->base) {
+ case NFT_PAYLOAD_LL_HEADER:
+ break;
+ case NFT_PAYLOAD_NETWORK_HEADER:
+ return nft_payload_csum_nh_write_ok(priv, pkt);
+ case NFT_PAYLOAD_TRANSPORT_HEADER:
+ case NFT_PAYLOAD_INNER_HEADER:
+ /* neither offsets are validated, offsets cannot be
+ * negative so real l3 headers cannot be mangled.
+ */
+ return true;
+ case NFT_PAYLOAD_TUN_HEADER:
+ break;
+ }
+
+ return false;
+}
+
static void nft_payload_set_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
struct nft_regs *regs,
const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt)
@@ -1054,6 +1131,7 @@ static void nft_payload_set_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
tsum = csum_partial(src, priv->len, 0);
if (priv->csum_type == NFT_PAYLOAD_CSUM_INET &&
+ nft_payload_csum_write_ok(pkt, priv) &&
nft_payload_csum_inet(skb, src, fsum, tsum, csum_offset))
goto err;
@@ -1120,7 +1198,26 @@ static int nft_payload_set_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
switch (csum_type) {
case NFT_PAYLOAD_CSUM_NONE:
+ if (priv->csum_offset) /* nonsensical */
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (priv->csum_flags == 0)
+ break;
+
+ /* Userspace requests L4 checksum update, e.g.:
+ * - IPv6 stateless NAT (no l3 csum)
+ * - transport header mangling
+ * - inner data mangling
+ */
+ if (priv->base == NFT_PAYLOAD_NETWORK_HEADER ||
+ priv->base == NFT_PAYLOAD_TRANSPORT_HEADER ||
+ priv->base == NFT_PAYLOAD_INNER_HEADER)
+ break;
+
+ return -EINVAL;
case NFT_PAYLOAD_CSUM_INET:
+ if (!nft_payload_validate_inet_csum_offset(ctx, priv))
+ return -EINVAL;
break;
case NFT_PAYLOAD_CSUM_SCTP:
if (priv->base != NFT_PAYLOAD_TRANSPORT_HEADER)
@@ -1128,6 +1225,9 @@ static int nft_payload_set_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
if (priv->csum_offset != offsetof(struct sctphdr, checksum))
return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (priv->csum_flags)
+ return -EINVAL;
break;
default:
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
--
2.53.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-09 11:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-09 11:51 [PATCH v3 nf-next 0/3] netfilter: add restrictions/validations for packet rewrite Florian Westphal
2026-06-09 11:51 ` [PATCH v3 nf-next 1/3] netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: restrict writes to network header Florian Westphal
2026-06-09 11:51 ` [PATCH v3 nf-next 2/3] netfilter: nftables: restrict linklayer and network header writes Florian Westphal
2026-06-09 11:51 ` Florian Westphal [this message]
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