netdev - [PATCH net 02/13] netfilter: nft_compat: reject unused compat flag

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Message-Id: <20240208112834.1433-3-pablo@netfilter.org>
Date: Thu,  8 Feb 2024 12:28:23 +0100
From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To: netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: davem@...emloft.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	fw@...len.de,
	kadlec@...filter.org
Subject: [PATCH net 02/13] netfilter: nft_compat: reject unused compat flag

Flag (1 << 0) is ignored is set, never used, reject it it with EINVAL
instead.

Fixes: 0ca743a55991 ("netfilter: nf_tables: add compatibility layer for x_tables")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
---
 include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h | 2 ++
 net/netfilter/nft_compat.c               | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index ca30232b7bc8..117c6a9b845b 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -285,9 +285,11 @@ enum nft_rule_attributes {
 /**
  * enum nft_rule_compat_flags - nf_tables rule compat flags
  *
+ * @NFT_RULE_COMPAT_F_UNUSED: unused
  * @NFT_RULE_COMPAT_F_INV: invert the check result
  */
 enum nft_rule_compat_flags {
+	NFT_RULE_COMPAT_F_UNUSED = (1 << 0),
 	NFT_RULE_COMPAT_F_INV	= (1 << 1),
 	NFT_RULE_COMPAT_F_MASK	= NFT_RULE_COMPAT_F_INV,
 };
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_compat.c b/net/netfilter/nft_compat.c
index 001b6841a4b6..ed71d5ecbe0a 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_compat.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_compat.c
@@ -212,7 +212,8 @@ static int nft_parse_compat(const struct nlattr *attr, u16 *proto, bool *inv)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	flags = ntohl(nla_get_be32(tb[NFTA_RULE_COMPAT_FLAGS]));
-	if (flags & ~NFT_RULE_COMPAT_F_MASK)
+	if (flags & NFT_RULE_COMPAT_F_UNUSED ||
+	    flags & ~NFT_RULE_COMPAT_F_MASK)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (flags & NFT_RULE_COMPAT_F_INV)
 		*inv = true;
-- 
2.30.2