From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>,
syzbot+92968395eedbdbd3617d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.15.y 3/5] netfilter: cttimeout: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in cttimeout_net_exit
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:33:11 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260917013313.3594807-3-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260917013313.3594807-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
[ Upstream commit aeed55a08d0b2bf2e3986b110b04d2a5aca192a6 ]
syzbot reports:
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in __list_del_entry_valid+0xcc/0xf0 lib/list_debug.c:42
[..]
list_del include/linux/list.h:148 [inline]
cttimeout_net_exit+0x211/0x540 net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c:617
No reproducer so far. Looking at recent changes in this area
its clear that the free_head must not be at the end of the
structure because nf_ct_timeout structure has variable size.
Reported-by: <syzbot+92968395eedbdbd3617d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>
Fixes: 78222bacfca9 ("netfilter: cttimeout: decouple unlink and free on netns destruction")
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Stable-dep-of: fec9b1de0d02 ("netfilter: cttimeout: prevent UAF during module unload")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c
index e2baa56fde531..654ec445e7277 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c
@@ -35,12 +35,13 @@ static unsigned int nfct_timeout_id __read_mostly;
struct ctnl_timeout {
struct list_head head;
+ struct list_head free_head;
struct rcu_head rcu_head;
refcount_t refcnt;
char name[CTNL_TIMEOUT_NAME_MAX];
- struct nf_ct_timeout timeout;
- struct list_head free_head;
+ /* must be at the end */
+ struct nf_ct_timeout timeout;
};
struct nfct_timeout_pernet {
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-17 1:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ 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 5.15-stable tree gregkh
2026-09-17 1:33 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 1/5] netfilter: cttimeout: decouple unlink and free on netns destruction Sasha Levin
2026-09-17 1:33 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 2/5] netfilter: remove nf_ct_unconfirmed_destroy helper Sasha Levin
2026-09-17 1:33 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2026-09-17 1:33 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 4/5] netfilter: cttimeout: detach dataplane timeout policy and repurpose refcount Sasha Levin
2026-09-17 1:33 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 5/5] netfilter: cttimeout: prevent UAF during module unload Sasha Levin
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