From c3009418f9fa1dcb3eb86f4d8c92583537b5faa3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Weiming Shi Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 00:38:17 -0700 Subject: netfilter: nf_conntrack: destroy stale expectfn expectations on unregister NAT helpers such as nf_nat_h323 store a raw pointer to module text in exp->expectfn (e.g. ip_nat_q931_expect). nf_ct_helper_expectfn_unregister() only unlinks the callback descriptor and never walks the expectation table, so an expectation pending at module removal survives with a dangling exp->expectfn into freed module text. When the expected connection arrives, init_conntrack() invokes exp->expectfn(), now a stale pointer into the unloaded module. Reproduced on a KASAN build by loading the H.323 helpers, creating a Q.931 expectation, unloading nf_nat_h323, then connecting to the expected port: Oops: int3: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI RIP: 0010:0xffffffffa06102d1 init_conntrack.isra.0 (net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c:1862) nf_conntrack_in (net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c:2049) ipv4_conntrack_local (net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto.c:223) nf_hook_slow (net/netfilter/core.c:619) __ip_local_out (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:120) __tcp_transmit_skb (net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1715) tcp_connect (net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:4374) tcp_v4_connect (net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:345) __sys_connect (net/socket.c:2167) Modules linked in: nf_conntrack_h323 [last unloaded: nf_nat_h323] Reaching the dangling state requires CAP_SYS_MODULE in the initial user namespace to remove a NAT helper that still has live expectations, so this is a robustness fix; leaving an expectation pointing at freed text is wrong regardless. Add nf_ct_helper_expectfn_destroy(), which walks the expectation table and drops every expectation whose ->expectfn matches the descriptor being torn down. Call it from each NAT helper's exit path after the existing RCU grace period, so no expectation outlives the code it points at and no extra synchronize_rcu() is introduced. With the fix, the same reproducer runs to completion without the Oops. Fixes: f587de0e2feb ("[NETFILTER]: nf_conntrack/nf_nat: add H.323 helper port") Reported-by: Xiang Mei Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8 Signed-off-by: Weiming Shi Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso --- include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.h index de2f956abf34..24cf3d2d9745 100644 --- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.h +++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.h @@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ void nf_ct_helper_log(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nf_conn *ct, void nf_ct_helper_expectfn_register(struct nf_ct_helper_expectfn *n); void nf_ct_helper_expectfn_unregister(struct nf_ct_helper_expectfn *n); +void nf_ct_helper_expectfn_destroy(const struct nf_ct_helper_expectfn *n); struct nf_ct_helper_expectfn * nf_ct_helper_expectfn_find_by_name(const char *name); struct nf_ct_helper_expectfn * -- cgit v1.2.3