From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Chengfeng Ye <nicoyip.dev@gmail.com>,
Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.12.y 2/2] netfilter: cttimeout: prevent UAF during module unload
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:53:34 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260916235334.3313362-2-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260916235334.3313362-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Chengfeng Ye <nicoyip.dev@gmail.com>
[ Upstream commit fec9b1de0d02de8dafa3cc344bcb91cf28660643 ]
nf_ct_set_timeout() protects the timeout hook dereference and policy lookup
with rcu_read_lock(). cttimeout_exit(), however, unregisters the per-net
operations before it clears the hook.
This allows the following interleaving:
CPU 0 CPU 1
cttimeout_exit() nf_ct_set_timeout()
unregister_pernet_subsys() rcu_read_lock()
kfree(pernet) h = nf_ct_timeout_hook
h->timeout_find_get()
nfct_timeout_pernet()
The hook still points to ctnl_timeout_find_get() when CPU 1 looks up the
already freed per-net timeout list. KASAN reported:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ctnl_timeout_find_get
Read of size 8 by task poc/90
Call Trace:
ctnl_timeout_find_get+0x271/0x2a0 [nfnetlink_cttimeout]
nf_ct_set_timeout+0x7b/0x3c0
xt_ct_tg_check+0x724/0xb20
xt_check_target+0x234/0xa90
do_ipt_set_ctl+0x570/0x1270
Allocated by task 89:
__kmalloc_noprof+0x16e/0x460
ops_init+0x6d/0x420
register_pernet_operations+0x2f6/0x670
Freed by task 91:
kfree+0x131/0x390
ops_undo_list+0x3d4/0x730
unregister_pernet_operations+0x232/0x490
unregister_pernet_subsys+0x1c/0x30
cttimeout_exit+0x52/0x970 [nfnetlink_cttimeout]
Clear the hook and wait for existing readers before unregistering the
per-net operations. This blocks new policy lookups and ensures readers that
observed the hook finish before the per-net storage is freed.
Fixes: ebfbe67568a7 ("netfilter: cttimeout: use net_generic infra")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye <nicoyip.dev@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c
index 12648d7d02ac6..639b1d4efd7ac 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c
@@ -659,9 +659,9 @@ static void __exit cttimeout_exit(void)
{
nfnetlink_subsys_unregister(&cttimeout_subsys);
- unregister_pernet_subsys(&cttimeout_ops);
RCU_INIT_POINTER(nf_ct_timeout_hook, NULL);
synchronize_net();
+ unregister_pernet_subsys(&cttimeout_ops);
}
module_init(cttimeout_init);
--
2.53.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-16 23:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-16 15:32 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] netfilter: cttimeout: prevent UAF during module unload" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree gregkh
2026-09-16 23:53 ` [PATCH 6.12.y 1/2] netfilter: cttimeout: detach dataplane timeout policy and repurpose refcount Sasha Levin
2026-09-16 23:53 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
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