From 6eef7a2b933885a17679eb8ed0796ddf0ee5309b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florent Revest Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2023 16:52:16 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] netfilter: conntrack: Avoid nf_ct_helper_hash uses after free If nf_conntrack_init_start() fails (for example due to a register_nf_conntrack_bpf() failure), the nf_conntrack_helper_fini() clean-up path frees the nf_ct_helper_hash map. When built with NF_CONNTRACK=y, further netfilter modules (e.g: netfilter_conntrack_ftp) can still be loaded and call nf_conntrack_helpers_register(), independently of whether nf_conntrack initialized correctly. This accesses the nf_ct_helper_hash dangling pointer and causes a uaf, possibly leading to random memory corruption. This patch guards nf_conntrack_helper_register() from accessing a freed or uninitialized nf_ct_helper_hash pointer and fixes possible uses-after-free when loading a conntrack module. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 12f7a505331e ("netfilter: add user-space connection tracking helper infrastructure") Signed-off-by: Florent Revest Reviewed-by: Florian Westphal Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso --- net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c index 0c4db2f..f22691f 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c @@ -360,6 +360,9 @@ int nf_conntrack_helper_register(struct nf_conntrack_helper *me) BUG_ON(me->expect_class_max >= NF_CT_MAX_EXPECT_CLASSES); BUG_ON(strlen(me->name) > NF_CT_HELPER_NAME_LEN - 1); + if (!nf_ct_helper_hash) + return -ENOENT; + if (me->expect_policy->max_expected > NF_CT_EXPECT_MAX_CNT) return -EINVAL; @@ -515,4 +518,5 @@ int nf_conntrack_helper_init(void) void nf_conntrack_helper_fini(void) { kvfree(nf_ct_helper_hash); + nf_ct_helper_hash = NULL; } -- 2.7.4