linux/include/net/netfilter
Weiming Shi c3009418f9 netfilter: nf_conntrack: destroy stale expectfn expectations on unregister
NAT helpers such as nf_nat_h323 store a raw pointer to module text in
exp->expectfn (e.g. ip_nat_q931_expect). nf_ct_helper_expectfn_unregister()
only unlinks the callback descriptor and never walks the expectation table,
so an expectation pending at module removal survives with a dangling
exp->expectfn into freed module text.

When the expected connection arrives, init_conntrack() invokes
exp->expectfn(), now a stale pointer into the unloaded module. Reproduced
on a KASAN build by loading the H.323 helpers, creating a Q.931
expectation, unloading nf_nat_h323, then connecting to the expected port:

 Oops: int3: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
 RIP: 0010:0xffffffffa06102d1
  init_conntrack.isra.0 (net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c:1862)
  nf_conntrack_in (net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c:2049)
  ipv4_conntrack_local (net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto.c:223)
  nf_hook_slow (net/netfilter/core.c:619)
  __ip_local_out (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:120)
  __tcp_transmit_skb (net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1715)
  tcp_connect (net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:4374)
  tcp_v4_connect (net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:345)
  __sys_connect (net/socket.c:2167)
 Modules linked in: nf_conntrack_h323 [last unloaded: nf_nat_h323]

Reaching the dangling state requires CAP_SYS_MODULE in the initial user
namespace to remove a NAT helper that still has live expectations, so this
is a robustness fix; leaving an expectation pointing at freed text is wrong
regardless.

Add nf_ct_helper_expectfn_destroy(), which walks the expectation table and
drops every expectation whose ->expectfn matches the descriptor being torn
down. Call it from each NAT helper's exit path after the existing RCU grace
period, so no expectation outlives the code it points at and no extra
synchronize_rcu() is introduced. With the fix, the same reproducer runs to
completion without the Oops.

Fixes: f587de0e2f ("[NETFILTER]: nf_conntrack/nf_nat: add H.323 helper port")
Reported-by: Xiang Mei <xmei5@asu.edu>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Weiming Shi <bestswngs@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
History 2026-06-10 17:58:39 +02:00
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ipv4 netfilter: conntrack: remove UDP-Lite conntrack support 2026-04-10 12:16:26 +02:00
ipv6 netfilter: nf_reject: remove unneeded exports 2025-09-02 15:28:17 +02:00
br_netfilter.h netfilter: remove CONFIG_NETFILTER checks from headers. 2019-09-13 12:47:36 +02:00
nf_bpf_link.h bpf: minimal support for programs hooked into netfilter framework 2023-04-21 11:34:14 -07:00
nf_conntrack.h netfilter: nf_conntrack: don't rely on implicit includes 2026-01-20 16:23:37 +01:00
nf_conntrack_acct.h netfilter: conntrack: Remove unused function declarations 2023-08-08 13:02:00 +02:00
nf_conntrack_act_ct.h net/sched: act_ct: Always fill offloading tuple iifidx 2023-11-08 17:47:08 -08:00
nf_conntrack_bpf.h net: netfilter: move bpf_ct_set_nat_info kfunc in nf_nat_bpf.c 2022-10-03 09:17:32 -07:00
nf_conntrack_bridge.h netfilter: remove CONFIG_NETFILTER checks from headers. 2019-09-13 12:47:36 +02:00
nf_conntrack_core.h netfilter: ctnetlink: ensure safe access to master conntrack 2026-03-26 13:18:32 +01:00
nf_conntrack_count.h netfilter: nf_conncount: increase the connection clean up limit to 64 2026-01-20 16:23:37 +01:00
nf_conntrack_ecache.h netfilter: conntrack: add conntrack event timestamp 2025-01-09 14:42:16 +01:00
nf_conntrack_expect.h netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: restore helper propagation via expectation 2026-05-08 01:30:17 +02:00
nf_conntrack_extend.h netfilter: extensions: introduce extension genid count 2022-05-13 18:52:16 +02:00
nf_conntrack_helper.h netfilter: nf_conntrack: destroy stale expectfn expectations on unregister 2026-06-10 17:58:39 +02:00
nf_conntrack_l4proto.h netfilter: conntrack: remove UDP-Lite conntrack support 2026-04-10 12:16:26 +02:00
nf_conntrack_labels.h netfilter: conntrack: switch connlabels to atomic_t 2023-10-24 13:16:30 +02:00
nf_conntrack_seqadj.h netfilter: conntrack: remove extension register api 2022-02-04 06:30:28 +01:00
nf_conntrack_synproxy.h netfilter: conntrack: wrap two inline functions in config checks. 2019-09-13 12:47:10 +02:00
nf_conntrack_timeout.h netfilter: nft_ct: fix use-after-free in timeout object destroy 2026-04-08 13:34:16 +02:00
nf_conntrack_timestamp.h netfilter: conntrack: remove extension register api 2022-02-04 06:30:28 +01:00
nf_conntrack_tuple.h netfilter: don't include xt and nftables.h in unrelated subsystems 2026-01-20 16:23:37 +01:00
nf_conntrack_zones.h netfilter: conntrack: remove CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK checks from nf_conntrack_zones.h. 2019-09-13 12:47:41 +02:00
nf_dup_netdev.h netfilter: nft_fwd_netdev: use recursion counter in neigh egress path 2026-04-30 00:57:42 +02:00
nf_flow_table.h netfilter: flowtable: fix inline pppoe encapsulation in xmit path 2026-05-01 01:24:01 +02:00
nf_hooks_lwtunnel.h sysctl: treewide: constify the ctl_table argument of proc_handlers 2024-07-24 20:59:29 +02:00
nf_log.h netfilter: load nf_log_syslog on enabling nf_conntrack_log_invalid 2025-07-25 18:35:41 +02:00
nf_nat.h net: move the nat function to nf_nat_ovs for ovs and tc 2022-12-12 10:14:03 +00:00
nf_nat_helper.h netfilter: nat: move repetitive nat port reserve loop to a helper 2022-09-07 16:46:04 +02:00
nf_nat_masquerade.h netfilter: update include directives. 2019-09-13 12:33:06 +02:00
nf_nat_redirect.h netfilter: nft_redir: use struct nf_nat_range2 throughout and deduplicate eval call-backs 2023-03-22 21:48:59 +01:00
nf_queue.h netfilter: nf_queue: hold bridge skb->dev while queued 2026-05-16 13:23:01 +02:00
nf_reject.h netfilter: conntrack: remove DCCP protocol support 2025-07-03 13:51:39 +02:00
nf_socket.h netfilter: Decrease code duplication regarding transparent socket option 2018-06-03 00:02:01 +02:00
nf_synproxy.h netfilter: remove CONFIG_NETFILTER checks from headers. 2019-09-13 12:47:36 +02:00
nf_tables.h netfilter: nf_tables: fix dst corruption in same register operation 2026-05-22 12:28:46 +02:00
nf_tables_core.h Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2025-09-11 17:40:13 -07:00
nf_tables_ipv4.h netfilter: nft_meta: add double-tagged vlan and pppoe support 2026-04-08 07:51:31 +02:00
nf_tables_ipv6.h netfilter: nft_meta: add double-tagged vlan and pppoe support 2026-04-08 07:51:31 +02:00
nf_tables_offload.h netfilter: nf_tables_offload: add nft_flow_action_entry_next() and use it 2026-04-08 07:51:31 +02:00
nf_tproxy.h net: reformat kdoc return statements 2024-12-09 14:44:59 -08:00
nft_fib.h netfilter: nf_tables: remove register tracking infrastructure 2026-02-25 19:36:26 -08:00
nft_meta.h netfilter: nf_tables: remove register tracking infrastructure 2026-02-25 19:36:26 -08:00
nft_reject.h netfilter: nf_tables: drop unused 3rd argument from validate callback ops 2024-09-03 10:47:17 +02:00
xt_rateest.h net: sched: Merge Qdisc::bstats and Qdisc::cpu_bstats data types 2021-10-18 12:54:41 +01:00