The expression evaluated the sum before the ternay, consequently not adding target->size if tgsize was zero. Identified by ASAN for a simple rule using standard target: | # ebtables -A INPUT -s de:ad:be:ef:0:00 -j RETURN | # ebtables -D INPUT -s de:ad:be:ef:0:00 -j RETURN | ================================================================= | ==18925==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow on address 0x603000000120 at pc 0x7f627a4c75c5 bp 0x7ffe882b5180 sp 0x7ffe882b4928 | READ of size 8 at 0x603000000120 thread T0 | [...] Fixes: 2a6eee89083c8 ("nft-ruleparse: Introduce nft_create_target()") Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@xxxxxx> --- iptables/nft-ruleparse.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/iptables/nft-ruleparse.c b/iptables/nft-ruleparse.c index 0bbdf44fafe03..3b1cbe4fa1499 100644 --- a/iptables/nft-ruleparse.c +++ b/iptables/nft-ruleparse.c @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ __nft_create_target(struct nft_xt_ctx *ctx, const char *name, size_t tgsize) if (!target) return NULL; - size = XT_ALIGN(sizeof(*target->t)) + tgsize ?: target->size; + size = XT_ALIGN(sizeof(*target->t)) + (tgsize ?: target->size); target->t = xtables_calloc(1, size); target->t->u.target_size = size; -- 2.43.0