netdev - Re: [PATCH nf] netfilter: drop template ct when conntrack is skipped.

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Date:   Thu, 22 Mar 2018 12:16:19 +0100
From:   Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To:     Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
        Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
        netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, coreteam@...filter.org,
        syzbot+0346441ae0545cfcea3a@...kaller.appspotmail.com,
        syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH nf] netfilter: drop template ct when conntrack is skipped.

Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com> wrote:
> The ipv4 nf_ct code currently skips the nf_conntrak_in() call
> for fragmented packets. As a results later matches/target can end
> up manipulating template ct entry instead of 'real' ones.
> 
> Exploiting the above, syzbot found a way to trigger the following
> splat:
> 
> WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 4242 at net/netfilter/xt_cluster.c:55
> xt_cluster_mt+0x6c1/0x840 net/netfilter/xt_cluster.c:127
> Kernel panic - not syncing: panic_on_warn set ...

Right, template has l3 protocol 0.

> Instead of adding checks for template ct on every target/match
> manipulating skb->_nfct, simply drop the template ct when skipping
> nf_conntrack_in().

Fixes: 7b4fdf77a450ec ("netfilter: don't track fragmented packets")
Acked-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>