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 4/8] netfilter: ip6t_rt: fix zero-address non-strict match out-of-bounds read
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:28:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260918112844.194503-5-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260918112844.194503-1-pablo@netfilter.org>
From: Luxiao Xu <rakukuip@gmail.com>
rt_mt6_check() permits rules to be configured with rtinfo->addrnr == 0
even when address matching (IP6T_RT_FST_MASK) is requested.
In the IP6T_RT_FST_NSTRICT path, rt_mt6() evaluates packet routing
addresses against rtinfo->addrs[i] and terminates backwards at the bottom
of the loop:
if (ipv6_addr_equal(ap, &rtinfo->addrs[i])) {
i++;
}
if (i == rtinfo->addrnr)
break;
When addrnr is 0, if the first packet address matches rtinfo->addrs[0],
i is incremented to 1. Because i is now strictly greater than addrnr (0),
the loop termination condition (i == rtinfo->addrnr) is bypassed and will
never be satisfied.
If a crafted IPv6 packet contains matching routing addresses, i will
advance past IP6T_RT_HOPS (16). The subsequent call to ipv6_addr_equal()
reads beyond struct ip6t_rt, triggering UBSAN/KASAN out-of-bounds warnings
or kernel panics.
Fix this by:
1. Rejecting rules in rt_mt6_check() where IP6T_RT_FST_MASK is set but
rtinfo->addrnr is zero.
2. In rt_mt6(), moving the termination condition (i < rtinfo->addrnr)
into the for-loop header condition and removing the backwards break
at the end of the loop body.
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Vega <vega@nebusec.ai>
Suggested-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Luxiao Xu <rakukuip@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ren Wei <weir@nebusec.ai>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_rt.c | 11 ++++++++---
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_rt.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_rt.c
index 8051425213dd..9880faf3cc7d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_rt.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_rt.c
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ static bool rt_mt6(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct xt_action_param *par)
unsigned int i = 0;
for (temp = 0;
- temp < (unsigned int)((hdrlen - 8) / 16);
+ temp < (unsigned int)((hdrlen - 8) / 16) &&
+ i < rtinfo->addrnr;
temp++) {
ap = skb_header_pointer(skb,
ptr
@@ -112,8 +113,6 @@ static bool rt_mt6(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct xt_action_param *par)
if (ipv6_addr_equal(ap, &rtinfo->addrs[i]))
i++;
- if (i == rtinfo->addrnr)
- break;
}
if (i == rtinfo->addrnr)
return ret;
@@ -162,6 +161,12 @@ static int rt_mt6_check(const struct xt_mtchk_param *par)
pr_info_ratelimited("too many addresses specified\n");
return -EINVAL;
}
+
+ if ((rtinfo->flags & IP6T_RT_FST_MASK) && !rtinfo->addrnr) {
+ pr_info_ratelimited("address list match requested but addrnr is 0\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
if ((rtinfo->flags & (IP6T_RT_RES | IP6T_RT_FST_MASK)) &&
(!(rtinfo->flags & IP6T_RT_TYP) ||
(rtinfo->rt_type != 0) ||
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-18 11:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-18 11:28 [PATCH net,v2 0/8] Netfilter/IPVS fixes for net Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-18 11:28 ` [PATCH net 1/8] netfilter: flowtable: publish HW_DEAD after worker is done Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-19 13:34 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-19 14:47 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-21 22:20 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
2026-09-18 11:28 ` [PATCH net 2/8] netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: hold nfnl mutex in event notifier Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-18 11:28 ` [PATCH net 3/8] netfilter: ip6t_rpfilter: reject routes without inet6_dev Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-18 11:28 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2026-09-19 13:34 ` [PATCH net 4/8] netfilter: ip6t_rt: fix zero-address non-strict match out-of-bounds read netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-19 15:02 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-18 11:28 ` [PATCH net 5/8] netfilter: nft_synproxy: use the family-aware checksum helper Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-18 11:28 ` [PATCH net 6/8] ipvs: revalidate ihl before icmp_send Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-18 11:28 ` [PATCH net 7/8] netfilter: ctnetlink: fix suspicious RCU usage in expect_iter_name Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-18 11:28 ` [PATCH net 8/8] netfilter: nf_tables: skip expired catchall elements on insert and delete Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-19 13:34 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-19 14:57 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
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