* [PATCH nf] netfilter: x_tables: restrict xt_check_match/xt_check_target extensions for NFPROTO_ARP
@ 2026-03-31 15:01 Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-03-31 15:07 ` Florian Westphal
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Pablo Neira Ayuso @ 2026-03-31 15:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netfilter-devel; +Cc: fw, bestswngs
Weiming Shi says:
xt_match and xt_target structs registered with NFPROTO_UNSPEC can be
loaded by any protocol family through nft_compat. When such a
match/target sets .hooks to restrict which hooks it may run on, the
bitmask uses NF_INET_* constants. This is only correct for families
whose hook layout matches NF_INET_*: IPv4, IPv6, INET, and bridge
all share the same five hooks (PRE_ROUTING ... POST_ROUTING).
ARP only has three hooks (IN=0, OUT=1, FORWARD=2) with different
semantics. Because NF_ARP_OUT == 1 == NF_INET_LOCAL_IN, the .hooks
validation silently passes for the wrong reasons, allowing matches to
run on ARP chains where the hook assumptions (e.g. state->in being
set on input hooks) do not hold. This leads to NULL pointer
dereferences; xt_devgroup is one concrete example:
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000044: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000220-0x0000000000000227]
RIP: 0010:devgroup_mt+0xff/0x350
Call Trace:
<TASK>
nft_match_eval (net/netfilter/nft_compat.c:407)
nft_do_chain (net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:285)
nft_do_chain_arp (net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c:61)
nf_hook_slow (net/netfilter/core.c:623)
arp_xmit (net/ipv4/arp.c:666)
</TASK>
Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt
Fix it by restricting arptables to NFPROTO_ARP extensions only.
Note that arptables-legacy only supports:
- arpt_CLASSIFY
- arpt_mangle
- arpt_MARK
that provide explicit NFPROTO_ARP match/target declarations.
Fixes: 9291747f118d ("netfilter: xtables: add device group match")
Reported-by: Xiang Mei <xmei5@asu.edu>
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
Alternative to:
[PATCH nf v2] netfilter: x_tables: reject unsupported families in xt_check_match/xt_check_target
net/netfilter/x_tables.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
index e594b3b7ad82..b39017c80548 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
@@ -501,6 +501,17 @@ int xt_check_match(struct xt_mtchk_param *par,
par->match->table, par->table);
return -EINVAL;
}
+
+ /* NFPROTO_UNSPEC implies NF_INET_* hooks which do not overlap with
+ * NF_ARP_IN,OUT,FORWARD, allow explicit extensions with NFPROTO_ARP
+ * support.
+ */
+ if (par->family == NFPROTO_ARP &&
+ par->match->family != NFPROTO_ARP) {
+ pr_info_ratelimited("%s_tables: %s match: not valid for this family\n",
+ xt_prefix[par->family], par->match->name);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
if (par->match->hooks && (par->hook_mask & ~par->match->hooks) != 0) {
char used[64], allow[64];
@@ -1016,6 +1027,18 @@ int xt_check_target(struct xt_tgchk_param *par,
par->target->table, par->table);
return -EINVAL;
}
+
+ /* NFPROTO_UNSPEC implies NF_INET_* hooks which do not overlap with
+ * NF_ARP_IN,OUT,FORWARD, allow explicit extensions with NFPROTO_ARP
+ * support.
+ */
+ if (par->family == NFPROTO_ARP &&
+ par->target->family != NFPROTO_ARP) {
+ pr_info_ratelimited("%s_tables: %s target: not valid for this family\n",
+ xt_prefix[par->family], par->target->name);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
if (par->target->hooks && (par->hook_mask & ~par->target->hooks) != 0) {
char used[64], allow[64];
--
2.47.3
^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread* Re: [PATCH nf] netfilter: x_tables: restrict xt_check_match/xt_check_target extensions for NFPROTO_ARP
2026-03-31 15:01 [PATCH nf] netfilter: x_tables: restrict xt_check_match/xt_check_target extensions for NFPROTO_ARP Pablo Neira Ayuso
@ 2026-03-31 15:07 ` Florian Westphal
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Florian Westphal @ 2026-03-31 15:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Pablo Neira Ayuso; +Cc: netfilter-devel, bestswngs
Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> wrote:
> + /* NFPROTO_UNSPEC implies NF_INET_* hooks which do not overlap with
> + * NF_ARP_IN,OUT,FORWARD, allow explicit extensions with NFPROTO_ARP
> + * support.
> + */
> + if (par->family == NFPROTO_ARP &&
> + par->match->family != NFPROTO_ARP) {
> + pr_info_ratelimited("%s_tables: %s match: not valid for this family\n",
> + xt_prefix[par->family], par->match->name);
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> if (par->match->hooks && (par->hook_mask & ~par->match->hooks) != 0) {
> char used[64], allow[64];
Thanks Pablo, this looks fine.
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
end of thread, other threads:[~2026-03-31 15:07 UTC | newest]
Thread overview: 2+ messages (download: mbox.gz follow: Atom feed
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
2026-03-31 15:01 [PATCH nf] netfilter: x_tables: restrict xt_check_match/xt_check_target extensions for NFPROTO_ARP Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-03-31 15:07 ` Florian Westphal
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox