netdev - Re: [PATCH nf] netfilter: conntrack: Avoid nf_ct_helper

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Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 08:35:55 +0200
From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To: Florent Revest <revest@...omium.org>
Cc: netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, coreteam@...filter.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	bpf@...r.kernel.org, kadlec@...filter.org, fw@...len.de,
	davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com, lirongqing@...du.com, wangli39@...du.com,
	zhangyu31@...du.com, daniel@...earbox.net, ast@...nel.org,
	kpsingh@...nel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH nf] netfilter: conntrack: Avoid nf_ct_helper_hash uses
 after free

On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 05:29:18PM +0200, Florent Revest wrote:
> If register_nf_conntrack_bpf() fails (for example, if the .BTF section
> contains an invalid entry), nf_conntrack_init_start() calls
> nf_conntrack_helper_fini() as part of its cleanup path and
> nf_ct_helper_hash gets freed.
> 
> Further netfilter modules like netfilter_conntrack_ftp don't check
> whether nf_conntrack initialized correctly and call
> nf_conntrack_helpers_register() which accesses the freed
> nf_ct_helper_hash and causes a uaf.
> 
> This patch guards nf_conntrack_helper_register() from accessing
> freed/uninitialized nf_ct_helper_hash maps and fixes a boot-time
> use-after-free.

How could this possibly happen?

nf_conntrack_ftp depends on nf_conntrack.

If nf_conntrack fails to load, how can nf_conntrack_ftp be loaded?

> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Fixes: 12f7a505331e ("netfilter: add user-space connection tracking helper infrastructure")
> Signed-off-by: Florent Revest <revest@...omium.org>
> ---
>  net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
> index 0c4db2f2ac43..f22691f83853 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c
> @@ -360,6 +360,9 @@ int nf_conntrack_helper_register(struct nf_conntrack_helper *me)
>  	BUG_ON(me->expect_class_max >= NF_CT_MAX_EXPECT_CLASSES);
>  	BUG_ON(strlen(me->name) > NF_CT_HELPER_NAME_LEN - 1);
>  
> +	if (!nf_ct_helper_hash)
> +		return -ENOENT;
> +
>  	if (me->expect_policy->max_expected > NF_CT_EXPECT_MAX_CNT)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
> @@ -515,4 +518,5 @@ int nf_conntrack_helper_init(void)
>  void nf_conntrack_helper_fini(void)
>  {
>  	kvfree(nf_ct_helper_hash);
> +	nf_ct_helper_hash = NULL;
>  }
> -- 
> 2.41.0.162.gfafddb0af9-goog
>