From: Hyunwoo Kim ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct() stores a conntrack pointer in cb->data for the netlink dump callback ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table(), but drops the conntrack reference immediately after netlink_dump_start(). When the dump spans multiple rounds, the second recvmsg() triggers the dump callback which dereferences the now-freed conntrack via nfct_help(ct), leading to a use-after-free on ct->ext. The bug is that the netlink_dump_control has no .start or .done callbacks to manage the conntrack reference across dump rounds. Other dump functions in the same file (e.g. ctnetlink_get_conntrack) properly use .start/.done callbacks for this purpose. Fix this by adding .start and .done callbacks that hold and release the conntrack reference for the duration of the dump, and move the nfct_help() call after the cb->args[0] early-return check in the dump callback to avoid dereferencing ct->ext unnecessarily. BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table+0x4f/0x2e0 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810597ebf0 by task ctnetlink_poc/133 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 133 Comm: ctnetlink_poc Not tainted 7.0.0-rc2+ #3 PREEMPTLAZY Call Trace: ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table+0x4f/0x2e0 netlink_dump+0x333/0x880 netlink_recvmsg+0x3e2/0x4b0 ? aa_sk_perm+0x184/0x450 sock_recvmsg+0xde/0xf0 Allocated by task 133: kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x134/0x440 __nf_conntrack_alloc+0xa8/0x2b0 ctnetlink_create_conntrack+0xa1/0x900 ctnetlink_new_conntrack+0x3cf/0x7d0 nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x48e/0x510 netlink_rcv_skb+0xc9/0x1f0 nfnetlink_rcv+0xdb/0x220 netlink_unicast+0x3ec/0x590 netlink_sendmsg+0x397/0x690 __sys_sendmsg+0xf4/0x180 Freed by task 0: slab_free_after_rcu_debug+0xad/0x1e0 rcu_core+0x5c3/0x9c0 Last potentially related work creation: kmem_cache_free+0x1f5/0x440 nf_conntrack_free+0xc1/0x140 ctnetlink_del_conntrack+0x4c4/0x520 nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x48e/0x510 netlink_rcv_skb+0xc9/0x1f0 nfnetlink_rcv+0xdb/0x220 netlink_unicast+0x3ec/0x590 netlink_sendmsg+0x397/0x690 __sys_sendmsg+0xf4/0x180 Fixes: e844a928431f ("netfilter: ctnetlink: allow to dump expectation per master conntrack") Signed-off-by: Hyunwoo Kim Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal --- net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c index c9d725fc2d71..65aa44a12d01 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c @@ -3212,7 +3212,7 @@ ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb) { struct nfgenmsg *nfmsg = nlmsg_data(cb->nlh); struct nf_conn *ct = cb->data; - struct nf_conn_help *help = nfct_help(ct); + struct nf_conn_help *help; u_int8_t l3proto = nfmsg->nfgen_family; unsigned long last_id = cb->args[1]; struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp; @@ -3220,6 +3220,10 @@ ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb) if (cb->args[0]) return 0; + help = nfct_help(ct); + if (!help) + return 0; + rcu_read_lock(); restart: @@ -3249,6 +3253,24 @@ ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb) return skb->len; } +static int ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct_start(struct netlink_callback *cb) +{ + struct nf_conn *ct = cb->data; + + if (!refcount_inc_not_zero(&ct->ct_general.use)) + return -ENOENT; + return 0; +} + +static int ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct_done(struct netlink_callback *cb) +{ + struct nf_conn *ct = cb->data; + + if (ct) + nf_ct_put(ct); + return 0; +} + static int ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct(struct net *net, struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nlmsghdr *nlh, @@ -3264,6 +3286,8 @@ static int ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct(struct net *net, struct sock *ctnl, struct nf_conntrack_zone zone; struct netlink_dump_control c = { .dump = ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table, + .start = ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct_start, + .done = ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct_done, }; err = ctnetlink_parse_tuple(cda, &tuple, CTA_EXPECT_MASTER, -- 2.52.0