tree b4d7713f45b7429b16fcda9273fc446ab0ad7fdb
parent 5cb7c69eaef73f696e5fe3178db56bb929ebcf5a
author Andrew Fasano <andrew.fasano@nist.gov> 1770223618 +0100
committer Kevin Berry <kpberry@google.com> 1771267211 -0800

netfilter: nf_tables: fix inverted genmask check in nft_map_catchall_activate()

[ Upstream commit f41c5d151078c5348271ffaf8e7410d96f2d82f8 ]

nft_map_catchall_activate() has an inverted element activity check
compared to its non-catchall counterpart nft_mapelem_activate() and
compared to what is logically required.

nft_map_catchall_activate() is called from the abort path to re-activate
catchall map elements that were deactivated during a failed transaction.
It should skip elements that are already active (they don't need
re-activation) and process elements that are inactive (they need to be
restored). Instead, the current code does the opposite: it skips inactive
elements and processes active ones.

Compare the non-catchall activate callback, which is correct:

  nft_mapelem_activate():
    if (nft_set_elem_active(ext, iter->genmask))
        return 0;   /* skip active, process inactive */

With the buggy catchall version:

  nft_map_catchall_activate():
    if (!nft_set_elem_active(ext, genmask))
        continue;   /* skip inactive, process active */

The consequence is that when a DELSET operation is aborted,
nft_setelem_data_activate() is never called for the catchall element.
For NFT_GOTO verdict elements, this means nft_data_hold() is never
called to restore the chain->use reference count. Each abort cycle
permanently decrements chain->use. Once chain->use reaches zero,
DELCHAIN succeeds and frees the chain while catchall verdict elements
still reference it, resulting in a use-after-free.

This is exploitable for local privilege escalation from an unprivileged
user via user namespaces + nftables on distributions that enable
CONFIG_USER_NS and CONFIG_NF_TABLES.

Fix by removing the negation so the check matches nft_mapelem_activate():
skip active elements, process inactive ones.

BUG=b/483616267
TEST=presubmit
RELEASE_NOTE=Fixed KCTF-f41c5d1 in the Linux kernel.

cos-patch: security-high
Fixes: 628bd3e49cba ("netfilter: nf_tables: drop map element references from preparation phase")
Change-Id: I314f31b73d15c499e4247acfeab27a3bd5205299
Signed-off-by: Andrew Fasano <andrew.fasano@nist.gov>
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Reviewed-on: https://cos-review.googlesource.com/c/third_party/kernel/+/131906
Tested-by: Cusky Presubmit Bot <presubmit@cos-infra-prod.iam.gserviceaccount.com>
Reviewed-by: Kevin Berry <kpberry@google.com>