Re: [PATCH][next] netfilter: nf_tables: Fix dereference of null pointer flow

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On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 12:20:21PM +0200, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 12:59:01PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > Btw, why is there no clean up if nft_table_validate() fails?
> 
> See below.
> 
> > net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
> >   3432                                  list_add_tail_rcu(&rule->list, &old_rule->list);
> >   3433                          else
> >   3434                                  list_add_rcu(&rule->list, &chain->rules);
> >   3435                  }
> >   3436          }
> >   3437          kvfree(expr_info);
> >   3438          chain->use++;
> >   3439  
> >   3440          if (flow)
> >   3441                  nft_trans_flow_rule(trans) = flow;
> >   3442  
> >   3443          if (nft_net->validate_state == NFT_VALIDATE_DO)
> >   3444                  return nft_table_validate(net, table);
> >                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > The cleanup for this would be quite involved unfortunately...  Not
> > necessarily something to attempt without being able to test the code.
> 
> At this stage, the transaction has been already registered in the
> list, and the nf_tables_abort() path takes care of undoing what has
> been updated in the preparation phase.
> 

Ah...  Thanks.

regards,
dan carpenter




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