Payload and meta nftables exprs can be embedded into inner exprs via nft_expr_inner_parse, which doesn't check for NULL netlink attributes, unlike other exprs passing through select_ops. Add the missing checks to nft_meta_inner_init and nft_payload_inner_init to prevent dereferencing NULL pointers and eventually causing UAF reads on commit_mutex. Signed-off-by: Davide Ornaghi <d.ornaghi97@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nft_meta.c | 2 ++ net/netfilter/nft_payload.c | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_meta.c b/net/netfilter/nft_meta.c index ba0d3683a..e2893077b 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nft_meta.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_meta.c @@ -839,6 +839,8 @@ static int nft_meta_inner_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_meta *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr); unsigned int len; + if (!tb[NFTA_META_KEY] || !tb[NFTA_META_DREG]) + return -EINVAL; priv->key = ntohl(nla_get_be32(tb[NFTA_META_KEY])); switch (priv->key) { case NFT_META_PROTOCOL: diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c b/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c index 0c43d748e..4c6f15ad0 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c @@ -650,6 +650,9 @@ static int nft_payload_inner_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_payload *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr); u32 base; + if (!tb[NFTA_PAYLOAD_BASE] || !tb[NFTA_PAYLOAD_OFFSET] || + !tb[NFTA_PAYLOAD_LEN] || !tb[NFTA_PAYLOAD_DREG]) + return -EINVAL; base = ntohl(nla_get_be32(tb[NFTA_PAYLOAD_BASE])); switch (base) { case NFT_PAYLOAD_TUN_HEADER: -- 2.34.1