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authorHyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com>2026-03-07 20:21:37 +0300
committerFlorian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>2026-03-13 17:31:14 +0300
commit5cb81eeda909dbb2def209dd10636b51549a3f8a (patch)
treeaf418b7e2341efee02b26b97f51654e636cce64d
parent99600f79b28c83c68bae199a3d8e95049a758308 (diff)
downloadlinux-5cb81eeda909dbb2def209dd10636b51549a3f8a.tar.xz
netfilter: ctnetlink: fix use-after-free in ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct()
ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct() stores a conntrack pointer in cb->data for the netlink dump callback ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table(), but drops the conntrack reference immediately after netlink_dump_start(). When the dump spans multiple rounds, the second recvmsg() triggers the dump callback which dereferences the now-freed conntrack via nfct_help(ct), leading to a use-after-free on ct->ext. The bug is that the netlink_dump_control has no .start or .done callbacks to manage the conntrack reference across dump rounds. Other dump functions in the same file (e.g. ctnetlink_get_conntrack) properly use .start/.done callbacks for this purpose. Fix this by adding .start and .done callbacks that hold and release the conntrack reference for the duration of the dump, and move the nfct_help() call after the cb->args[0] early-return check in the dump callback to avoid dereferencing ct->ext unnecessarily. BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table+0x4f/0x2e0 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810597ebf0 by task ctnetlink_poc/133 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 133 Comm: ctnetlink_poc Not tainted 7.0.0-rc2+ #3 PREEMPTLAZY Call Trace: <TASK> ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table+0x4f/0x2e0 netlink_dump+0x333/0x880 netlink_recvmsg+0x3e2/0x4b0 ? aa_sk_perm+0x184/0x450 sock_recvmsg+0xde/0xf0 Allocated by task 133: kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x134/0x440 __nf_conntrack_alloc+0xa8/0x2b0 ctnetlink_create_conntrack+0xa1/0x900 ctnetlink_new_conntrack+0x3cf/0x7d0 nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x48e/0x510 netlink_rcv_skb+0xc9/0x1f0 nfnetlink_rcv+0xdb/0x220 netlink_unicast+0x3ec/0x590 netlink_sendmsg+0x397/0x690 __sys_sendmsg+0xf4/0x180 Freed by task 0: slab_free_after_rcu_debug+0xad/0x1e0 rcu_core+0x5c3/0x9c0 Fixes: e844a928431f ("netfilter: ctnetlink: allow to dump expectation per master conntrack") Signed-off-by: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
-rw-r--r--net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c26
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index c9d725fc2d71..65aa44a12d01 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -3212,7 +3212,7 @@ ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
{
struct nfgenmsg *nfmsg = nlmsg_data(cb->nlh);
struct nf_conn *ct = cb->data;
- struct nf_conn_help *help = nfct_help(ct);
+ struct nf_conn_help *help;
u_int8_t l3proto = nfmsg->nfgen_family;
unsigned long last_id = cb->args[1];
struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp;
@@ -3220,6 +3220,10 @@ ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
if (cb->args[0])
return 0;
+ help = nfct_help(ct);
+ if (!help)
+ return 0;
+
rcu_read_lock();
restart:
@@ -3249,6 +3253,24 @@ out:
return skb->len;
}
+static int ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct_start(struct netlink_callback *cb)
+{
+ struct nf_conn *ct = cb->data;
+
+ if (!refcount_inc_not_zero(&ct->ct_general.use))
+ return -ENOENT;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct_done(struct netlink_callback *cb)
+{
+ struct nf_conn *ct = cb->data;
+
+ if (ct)
+ nf_ct_put(ct);
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct(struct net *net, struct sock *ctnl,
struct sk_buff *skb,
const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
@@ -3264,6 +3286,8 @@ static int ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct(struct net *net, struct sock *ctnl,
struct nf_conntrack_zone zone;
struct netlink_dump_control c = {
.dump = ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table,
+ .start = ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct_start,
+ .done = ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct_done,
};
err = ctnetlink_parse_tuple(cda, &tuple, CTA_EXPECT_MASTER,