FAILED: patch "[PATCH] netfilter: nf_tables: incorrect error path handling with" failed to apply to 5.4-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.4-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.4.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 1240eb93f0616b21c675416516ff3d74798fdc97
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2023061935-renewed-granite-7529@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.4.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 1240eb93f0616b21c675416516ff3d74798fdc97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2023 02:32:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] netfilter: nf_tables: incorrect error path handling with
 NFT_MSG_NEWRULE

In case of error when adding a new rule that refers to an anonymous set,
deactivate expressions via NFT_TRANS_PREPARE state, not NFT_TRANS_RELEASE.
Thus, the lookup expression marks anonymous sets as inactive in the next
generation to ensure it is not reachable in this transaction anymore and
decrement the set refcount as introduced by c1592a89942e ("netfilter:
nf_tables: deactivate anonymous set from preparation phase"). The abort
step takes care of undoing the anonymous set.

This is also consistent with rule deletion, where NFT_TRANS_PREPARE is
used. Note that this error path is exercised in the preparation step of
the commit protocol. This patch replaces nf_tables_rule_release() by the
deactivate and destroy calls, this time with NFT_TRANS_PREPARE.

Due to this incorrect error handling, it is possible to access a
dangling pointer to the anonymous set that remains in the transaction
list.

[1009.379054] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in nft_set_lookup_global+0x147/0x1a0 [nf_tables]
[1009.379106] Read of size 8 at addr ffff88816c4c8020 by task nft-rule-add/137110
[1009.379116] CPU: 7 PID: 137110 Comm: nft-rule-add Not tainted 6.4.0-rc4+ #256
[1009.379128] Call Trace:
[1009.379132]  <TASK>
[1009.379135]  dump_stack_lvl+0x33/0x50
[1009.379146]  ? nft_set_lookup_global+0x147/0x1a0 [nf_tables]
[1009.379191]  print_address_description.constprop.0+0x27/0x300
[1009.379201]  kasan_report+0x107/0x120
[1009.379210]  ? nft_set_lookup_global+0x147/0x1a0 [nf_tables]
[1009.379255]  nft_set_lookup_global+0x147/0x1a0 [nf_tables]
[1009.379302]  nft_lookup_init+0xa5/0x270 [nf_tables]
[1009.379350]  nf_tables_newrule+0x698/0xe50 [nf_tables]
[1009.379397]  ? nf_tables_rule_release+0xe0/0xe0 [nf_tables]
[1009.379441]  ? kasan_unpoison+0x23/0x50
[1009.379450]  nfnetlink_rcv_batch+0x97c/0xd90 [nfnetlink]
[1009.379470]  ? nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x480/0x480 [nfnetlink]
[1009.379485]  ? __alloc_skb+0xb8/0x1e0
[1009.379493]  ? __alloc_skb+0xb8/0x1e0
[1009.379502]  ? entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0
[1009.379509]  ? unwind_get_return_address+0x2a/0x40
[1009.379517]  ? write_profile+0xc0/0xc0
[1009.379524]  ? avc_lookup+0x8f/0xc0
[1009.379532]  ? __rcu_read_unlock+0x43/0x60

Fixes: 958bee14d071 ("netfilter: nf_tables: use new transaction infrastructure to handle sets")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 3bb0800b3849..69bceefaa5c8 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -3844,7 +3844,8 @@ static int nf_tables_newrule(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nfnl_info *info,
 	if (flow)
 		nft_flow_rule_destroy(flow);
 err_release_rule:
-	nf_tables_rule_release(&ctx, rule);
+	nft_rule_expr_deactivate(&ctx, rule, NFT_TRANS_PREPARE);
+	nf_tables_rule_destroy(&ctx, rule);
 err_release_expr:
 	for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
 		if (expr_info[i].ops) {