netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: fix entry leak in bridge verdict error path

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nfqnl_recv_verdict() calls find_dequeue_entry() to remove the queue
entry from the queue data structures, taking ownership of the entry.
For PF_BRIDGE packets, it then calls nfqa_parse_bridge() to parse VLAN
attributes.  If nfqa_parse_bridge() returns an error (e.g. NFQA_VLAN
present but NFQA_VLAN_TCI missing), the function returns immediately
without freeing the dequeued entry or its sk_buff.

This leaks the nf_queue_entry, its associated sk_buff, and all held
references (net_device refcounts, struct net refcount).  Repeated
triggering exhausts kernel memory.

Fix this by dropping the entry via nfqnl_reinject() with NF_DROP verdict
on the error path, consistent with other error handling in this file.

Fixes: 8d45ff22f1 ("netfilter: bridge: nf queue verdict to use NFQA_VLAN and NFQA_L2HDR")
Reviewed-by: David Dull <monderasdor@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
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Hyunwoo Kim 2026-03-08 02:24:06 +09:00 • committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
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