This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled netfilter: nf_tables: unregister flowtable hooks on netns exit to the 5.4-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: netfilter-nf_tables-unregister-flowtable-hooks-on-netns-exit.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.4 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From stable-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tue Nov 21 12:13:57 2023 From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 13:13:28 +0100 Subject: netfilter: nf_tables: unregister flowtable hooks on netns exit To: netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, sashal@xxxxxxxxxx, stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Message-ID: <20231121121333.294238-22-pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 6069da443bf65f513bb507bb21e2f87cfb1ad0b6 upstream. Unregister flowtable hooks before they are releases via nf_tables_flowtable_destroy() otherwise hook core reports UAF. BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in nf_hook_entries_grow+0x5a7/0x700 net/netfilter/core.c:142 net/netfilter/core.c:142 Read of size 4 at addr ffff8880736f7438 by task syz-executor579/3666 CPU: 0 PID: 3666 Comm: syz-executor579 Not tainted 5.16.0-rc5-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] lib/dump_stack.c:106 dump_stack_lvl+0x1dc/0x2d8 lib/dump_stack.c:106 lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description+0x65/0x380 mm/kasan/report.c:247 mm/kasan/report.c:247 __kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:433 [inline] __kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:433 [inline] mm/kasan/report.c:450 kasan_report+0x19a/0x1f0 mm/kasan/report.c:450 mm/kasan/report.c:450 nf_hook_entries_grow+0x5a7/0x700 net/netfilter/core.c:142 net/netfilter/core.c:142 __nf_register_net_hook+0x27e/0x8d0 net/netfilter/core.c:429 net/netfilter/core.c:429 nf_register_net_hook+0xaa/0x180 net/netfilter/core.c:571 net/netfilter/core.c:571 nft_register_flowtable_net_hooks+0x3c5/0x730 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:7232 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:7232 nf_tables_newflowtable+0x2022/0x2cf0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:7430 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:7430 nfnetlink_rcv_batch net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:513 [inline] nfnetlink_rcv_skb_batch net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:634 [inline] nfnetlink_rcv_batch net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:513 [inline] net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:652 nfnetlink_rcv_skb_batch net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:634 [inline] net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:652 nfnetlink_rcv+0x10e6/0x2550 net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:652 net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:652 __nft_release_hook() calls nft_unregister_flowtable_net_hooks() which only unregisters the hooks, then after RCU grace period, it is guaranteed that no packets add new entries to the flowtable (no flow offload rules and flowtable hooks are reachable from packet path), so it is safe to call nf_flow_table_free() which cleans up the remaining entries from the flowtable (both software and hardware) and it unbinds the flow_block. Fixes: ff4bf2f42a40 ("netfilter: nf_tables: add nft_unregister_flowtable_hook()") Reported-by: syzbot+e918523f77e62790d6d9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 18 +++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) --- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c @@ -8186,16 +8186,24 @@ int __nft_release_basechain(struct nft_c } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__nft_release_basechain); +static void __nft_release_hook(struct net *net, struct nft_table *table) +{ + struct nft_flowtable *flowtable; + struct nft_chain *chain; + + list_for_each_entry(chain, &table->chains, list) + nf_tables_unregister_hook(net, table, chain); + list_for_each_entry(flowtable, &table->flowtables, list) + nft_unregister_flowtable_net_hooks(net, flowtable); +} + static void __nft_release_hooks(struct net *net) { struct nftables_pernet *nft_net = net_generic(net, nf_tables_net_id); struct nft_table *table; - struct nft_chain *chain; - list_for_each_entry(table, &nft_net->tables, list) { - list_for_each_entry(chain, &table->chains, list) - nf_tables_unregister_hook(net, table, chain); - } + list_for_each_entry(table, &nft_net->tables, list) + __nft_release_hook(net, table); } static void __nft_release_table(struct net *net, struct nft_table *table) Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from stable-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-5.4/netfilter-nf_tables-fix-memleak-when-more-than-255-elements-expired.patch queue-5.4/netfilter-nft_set_rbtree-fix-overlap-expiration-walk.patch queue-5.4/netfilter-nf_tables-use-correct-lock-to-protect-gc_list.patch queue-5.4/netfilter-nf_tables-disable-toggling-dormant-table-state-more-than-once.patch queue-5.4/netfilter-nf_tables-gc-transaction-race-with-netns-dismantle.patch queue-5.4/netfilter-nf_tables-drop-map-element-references-from-preparation-phase.patch queue-5.4/netfilter-nf_tables-fix-gc-transaction-races-with-netns-and-netlink-event-exit-path.patch queue-5.4/netfilter-nf_tables-don-t-skip-expired-elements-during-walk.patch queue-5.4/netfilter-nf_tables-remove-busy-mark-and-gc-batch-api.patch queue-5.4/netfilter-nf_tables-gc-transaction-race-with-abort-path.patch queue-5.4/netfilter-nf_tables-unregister-flowtable-hooks-on-netns-exit.patch queue-5.4/netfilter-nft_set_rbtree-switch-to-node-list-walk-for-overlap-detection.patch queue-5.4/netfilter-nf_tables-adapt-set-backend-to-use-gc-transaction-api.patch queue-5.4/netfilter-nftables-rename-set-element-data-activation-deactivation-functions.patch queue-5.4/netfilter-nft_set_rbtree-skip-sync-gc-for-new-elements-in-this-transaction.patch queue-5.4/netfilter-nf_tables-pass-context-to-nft_set_destroy.patch queue-5.4/netfilter-nf_tables-bogus-ebusy-when-deleting-flowtable-after-flush-for-5.4.patch queue-5.4/netfilter-nft_set_hash-try-later-when-gc-hits-eagain-on-iteration.patch queue-5.4/netfilter-nf_tables-defer-gc-run-if-previous-batch-is-still-pending.patch queue-5.4/netfilter-nft_set_rbtree-use-read-spinlock-to-avoid-datapath-contention.patch queue-5.4/netfilter-nf_tables-double-hook-unregistration-in-netns-path.patch queue-5.4/netfilter-nftables-update-table-flags-from-the-commit-phase.patch queue-5.4/netfilter-nft_set_hash-mark-set-element-as-dead-when-deleting-from-packet-path.patch queue-5.4/netfilter-nf_tables-gc-transaction-api-to-avoid-race-with-control-plane.patch queue-5.4/netfilter-nf_tables-fix-table-flag-updates.patch queue-5.4/netfilter-nft_set_rbtree-fix-null-deref-on-element-insertion.patch