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From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
To: Jaeyeong Lee <iostreampy@proton.me>
Cc: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, pablo@netfilter.org,
	phil@nwl.cc, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH nf] netfilter: nf_nat: do not reuse an unexpected expectation on RTCP clash
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2026 18:29:31 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alJva5_-K55ouKGh@strlen.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <178377968720.33756.12204817361601593230@proton.me>

Jaeyeong Lee <iostreampy@proton.me> wrote:
> Since commit b8b09dc2bf35 ("netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: use conntrack
> GC to reap expectations") nf_ct_unexpect_related() no longer unlinks the
> expectation from the global hash and from the per-master list. It only
> marks it with NF_CT_EXPECT_DEAD and defers the unlink to the conntrack GC

[..]

> and then continues the loop, reusing the very same rtp_exp object:
> 
> 	ret = nf_ct_expect_related(rtcp_exp, ...);
> 	...

I think this function should WARN_ON_ONCE when one tries to reinsert a
dead expectation (and return -EINVAL or another appropriate error).

(This is indenpendent of the real fix).

  reply	other threads:[~2026-07-11 16:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-10 23:19 netfilter: nf_nat_sip expectation UAF permits local privilege escalation Jaeyeong Lee
2026-07-11  5:29 ` Greg KH
2026-07-11 14:21   ` [PATCH nf] netfilter: nf_nat: do not reuse an unexpected expectation on RTCP clash Jaeyeong Lee
2026-07-11 16:29     ` Florian Westphal [this message]
2026-07-12  5:54       ` Greg KH
2026-07-12  7:40         ` Florian Westphal
2026-07-12  7:54           ` Greg KH
2026-07-12  8:08             ` Florian Westphal
2026-07-12  8:20               ` Greg KH
2026-07-12  8:40                 ` panic_on_warn and lack of lesser-WARN (was: Re: [PATCH nf] netfilter: nf_nat: do not reuse an unexpected expectation on RTCP clash) Florian Westphal

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