Conntrack entries created through ctnetlink can reference another
confirmed entry as their master.  There is no limit on the resulting
chain depth.

When the last external reference to such a chain is dropped,
nf_ct_destroy() puts the master reference.  If that is the master's last
reference, nf_ct_put() invokes nf_ct_destroy() recursively.  A sufficiently
long chain therefore exhausts the task stack.

Release the master reference directly.  When it was the final reference,
continue destroying it in the current invocation.  This keeps the existing
refcount and lifetime rules while bounding stack use.

Fixes: 5faa1f4cb5a1 ("[NETFILTER]: nf_conntrack_netlink: add support to related connections")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Daehyeon Ko <4ncienth@gmail.com>
---
Tested on net e23a64eb244356ee47c0620f0722d51bd88db522 and exact
v6.12.105. A source reproducer and userns launcher are available privately
on request and are intentionally omitted from this public posting.

The trigger needs CONFIG_USER_NS, CONFIG_NET_NS, CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK and
CONFIG_NF_CT_NETLINK. Host UID 65534 used only namespace-local
CAP_NET_ADMIN. The essential vulnerable trace is:

  BUG: TASK stack guard page was hit at ffffc90001197ff8
  CPU: 1 UID: 65534 PID: 178 Comm: conntrack-maste
  nf_ct_destroy+0x1ac/0x5f0 (repeated)

Fixed current and LTS 6,000-entry runs ended with nf_conntrack_count=0 and
no crash marker. The netdev allyesconfig and allmodconfig W=1 full builds
were not run.

 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c | 15 +++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index d0d9e5ea84a09..0ce6141b3dfd7 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -592,6 +592,10 @@ static void warn_on_keymap_list_leak(const struct net *net)
 void nf_ct_destroy(struct nf_conntrack *nfct)
 {
 	struct nf_conn *ct = (struct nf_conn *)nfct;
+	struct nf_conn *master;
+	bool destroy_master;
+
+again:
 
 	WARN_ON(refcount_read(&nfct->use) != 0);
 
@@ -610,10 +614,17 @@ void nf_ct_destroy(struct nf_conntrack *nfct)
 	 */
 	nf_ct_remove_expectations(ct);
 
-	if (ct->master)
-		nf_ct_put(ct->master);
+	master = ct->master;
+	destroy_master = master &&
+		refcount_dec_and_test(&master->ct_general.use);
 
 	nf_conntrack_free(ct);
+
+	if (destroy_master) {
+		ct = master;
+		nfct = &ct->ct_general;
+		goto again;
+	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nf_ct_destroy);
 
-- 
2.55.0