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@google.com, horms@kernel.org,
fw@strlen.de, ja@ssi.bg
Subject: [PATCH net 11/12] netfilter: ip6_tables: set F_PROTO when proto value is nonzero
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2026 02:41:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260903004149.1037028-12-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260903004149.1037028-1-pablo@netfilter.org>
From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
The ip6tables traverser doesn't search the extension header chain unless
userspace did set the IP6T_F_PROTO flag.
This also means that userspace that sets the e->ipv6.proto flag can bypass
the protocol check for the rule by not setting this flag.
That in turn means that all ip6_tables modules and targets that want to
reject rules without '-p' flag MUST also check for that flag.
Not all do, likely because they got copied from iptables which lacks
this flag (no extension headers).
Instead of fixing up all the relevant targets, emulate ip6tables behaviour
in the kernel (like nft_compat.c) and set the flag if the protocol is set.
Reported-by: Zhiling Zou <zhilinz@nebusec.ai>
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c
index f42fb96ef64b..313c4aac377a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c
@@ -647,6 +647,11 @@ check_entry_size_and_hooks(struct ip6t_entry *e,
/* Clear counters and comefrom */
e->counters = ((struct xt_counters) { 0, 0 });
e->comefrom = 0;
+
+ /* set F_PROTO, else ip6_packet_match won't do the right thing. */
+ if (e->ipv6.proto)
+ e->ipv6.flags |= IP6T_F_PROTO;
+
return 0;
}
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-03 0:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-03 0:41 [PATCH net 00/12] Netfilter/IPVS fixes for net Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-03 0:41 ` [PATCH net 01/12] ipvs: reject invalid states in connection template sync records Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-03 0:41 ` [PATCH net 02/12] ipvs: fix reversed sequence option serialization Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-03 0:41 ` [PATCH net 03/12] netfilter: nf_conntrack_sip: fix OOB read in sip_skip_whitespace() Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-03 0:41 ` [PATCH net 04/12] netfilter: cttimeout: prevent UAF during module unload Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-03 0:41 ` [PATCH net 05/12] netfilter: nf_log: unregister loggers before per-net teardown Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-03 0:41 ` [PATCH net 06/12] ipvs: bound LBLCR and LBLC cache growth Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-04 2:01 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-04 4:20 ` Julian Anastasov
2026-09-03 0:41 ` [PATCH net 07/12] netfilter: nft_payload: restrict checksum offsets to known values Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-04 2:01 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-04 5:56 ` Florian Westphal
2026-09-03 0:41 ` [PATCH net 08/12] netfilter: nfnetlink_log: cope with concurrent instance destruction Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-03 0:41 ` [PATCH net 09/12] netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: hold nfnl mutex in event notifier Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-04 2:01 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-04 5:56 ` Florian Westphal
2026-09-03 0:41 ` [PATCH net 10/12] netfilter: arp_tables: remove the 32bit compat interface Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-03 0:41 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2026-09-03 0:41 ` [PATCH net 12/12] netfilter: report NLM_F_DUMP_FILTERED when all is filtered out Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-04 2:04 ` [PATCH net 00/12] Netfilter/IPVS fixes for net Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-04 5:57 ` Florian Westphal
2026-09-04 10:55 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-04 10:59 ` Florian Westphal
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