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authorPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>2026-03-25 14:11:03 +0100
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2026-04-11 14:29:30 +0200
commit3dfd3f7712b5a800f2ba632179e9b738076a51f0 (patch)
tree397cbcf7b5ed1d84460324036f8bb63c31d3a9e6 /net
parent3a6d5980652d3dac16fafa0e1bc8edf9776a6284 (diff)
netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: use expect->helper
[ Upstream commit f01794106042ee27e54af6fdf5b319a2fe3df94d ] Use expect->helper in ctnetlink and /proc to dump the helper name. Using nfct_help() without holding a reference to the master conntrack is unsafe. Use exp->master->helper in ctnetlink path if userspace does not provide an explicit helper when creating an expectation to retain the existing behaviour. The ctnetlink expectation path holds the reference on the master conntrack and nf_conntrack_expect lock and the nfnetlink glue path refers to the master ct that is attached to the skb. Reported-by: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> Stable-dep-of: 917b61fa2042 ("netfilter: ctnetlink: ignore explicit helper on new expectations") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'net')
-rw-r--r--net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c2
-rw-r--r--net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c6
-rw-r--r--net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c24
-rw-r--r--net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c2
4 files changed, 13 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c
index 6739b48c644f..b37ff73efb3e 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ static int exp_seq_show(struct seq_file *s, void *v)
if (expect->flags & NF_CT_EXPECT_USERSPACE)
seq_printf(s, "%sUSERSPACE", delim);
- helper = rcu_dereference(nfct_help(expect->master)->helper);
+ helper = rcu_dereference(expect->helper);
if (helper) {
seq_printf(s, "%s%s", expect->flags ? " " : "", helper->name);
if (helper->expect_policy[expect->class].name[0])
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
index a21c976701f7..a715304a53d8 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
@@ -395,14 +395,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_conntrack_helper_register);
static bool expect_iter_me(struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp, void *data)
{
- struct nf_conn_help *help = nfct_help(exp->master);
const struct nf_conntrack_helper *me = data;
const struct nf_conntrack_helper *this;
- if (rcu_access_pointer(exp->helper) == me)
- return true;
-
- this = rcu_dereference_protected(help->helper,
+ this = rcu_dereference_protected(exp->helper,
lockdep_is_held(&nf_conntrack_expect_lock));
return this == me;
}
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index b67ab92d65ba..66a87b0ed46c 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -3005,7 +3005,7 @@ ctnetlink_exp_dump_expect(struct sk_buff *skb,
{
struct nf_conn *master = exp->master;
long timeout = ((long)exp->timeout.expires - (long)jiffies) / HZ;
- struct nf_conn_help *help;
+ struct nf_conntrack_helper *helper;
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NF_NAT)
struct nlattr *nest_parms;
struct nf_conntrack_tuple nat_tuple = {};
@@ -3050,15 +3050,12 @@ ctnetlink_exp_dump_expect(struct sk_buff *skb,
nla_put_be32(skb, CTA_EXPECT_FLAGS, htonl(exp->flags)) ||
nla_put_be32(skb, CTA_EXPECT_CLASS, htonl(exp->class)))
goto nla_put_failure;
- help = nfct_help(master);
- if (help) {
- struct nf_conntrack_helper *helper;
- helper = rcu_dereference(help->helper);
- if (helper &&
- nla_put_string(skb, CTA_EXPECT_HELP_NAME, helper->name))
- goto nla_put_failure;
- }
+ helper = rcu_dereference(exp->helper);
+ if (helper &&
+ nla_put_string(skb, CTA_EXPECT_HELP_NAME, helper->name))
+ goto nla_put_failure;
+
expfn = nf_ct_helper_expectfn_find_by_symbol(exp->expectfn);
if (expfn != NULL &&
nla_put_string(skb, CTA_EXPECT_FN, expfn->name))
@@ -3387,12 +3384,9 @@ static int ctnetlink_get_expect(struct sk_buff *skb,
static bool expect_iter_name(struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp, void *data)
{
struct nf_conntrack_helper *helper;
- const struct nf_conn_help *m_help;
const char *name = data;
- m_help = nfct_help(exp->master);
-
- helper = rcu_dereference(m_help->helper);
+ helper = rcu_dereference(exp->helper);
if (!helper)
return false;
@@ -3527,9 +3521,9 @@ ctnetlink_alloc_expect(const struct nlattr * const cda[], struct nf_conn *ct,
struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple,
struct nf_conntrack_tuple *mask)
{
- u_int32_t class = 0;
struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp;
struct nf_conn_help *help;
+ u32 class = 0;
int err;
help = nfct_help(ct);
@@ -3566,6 +3560,8 @@ ctnetlink_alloc_expect(const struct nlattr * const cda[], struct nf_conn *ct,
exp->class = class;
exp->master = ct;
+ if (!helper)
+ helper = rcu_dereference(help->helper);
rcu_assign_pointer(exp->helper, helper);
exp->tuple = *tuple;
exp->mask.src.u3 = mask->src.u3;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c
index 5bddee342e12..939502ff7c87 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ static int set_expected_rtp_rtcp(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int protoff,
exp = __nf_ct_expect_find(net, nf_ct_zone(ct), &tuple);
if (!exp || exp->master == ct ||
- nfct_help(exp->master)->helper != nfct_help(ct)->helper ||
+ exp->helper != nfct_help(ct)->helper ||
exp->class != class)
break;
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NF_NAT)