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netfilter: nft_tunnel: fix use-after-free on object destroy
authorTristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
Wed, 27 May 2026 13:57:50 +0000 (13:57 +0000)
committerPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Mon, 1 Jun 2026 11:43:53 +0000 (13:43 +0200)
commitc32b26aaa2f9216520a38b3f4bfeec846eb3eb8a
tree89a42b141b9c8342022b4bc788b5ef897fbe6e21
parent66eba0ffce3b7e11449946b4cbbef8ea36112f56
netfilter: nft_tunnel: fix use-after-free on object destroy

nft_tunnel_obj_destroy() calls metadata_dst_free() which directly
kfree()s the metadata_dst, ignoring the dst_entry refcount. Packets
that took a reference via dst_hold() in nft_tunnel_obj_eval() and
are still queued (e.g. in a netem qdisc) are left with a dangling
pointer. When these packets are eventually dequeued, dst_release()
operates on freed memory.

Replace metadata_dst_free() with dst_release() so the metadata_dst
is freed only after all references are dropped. The dst subsystem
already handles metadata_dst cleanup in dst_destroy() when
DST_METADATA is set.

Fixes: af308b94a2a4 ("netfilter: nf_tables: add tunnel support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
Reviewed-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
net/netfilter/nft_tunnel.c