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netfilter: ctnetlink: fix use-after-free in ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct()
authorHyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com>
Sat, 7 Mar 2026 17:21:37 +0000 (02:21 +0900)
committerFlorian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:31:14 +0000 (15:31 +0100)
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>
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c

index c9d725fc2d71c047aa69880623ff322609c3ea6b..65aa44a12d0143f4ec58cba070256c4643bf5a18 100644 (file)
@@ -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,