If nf_conntrack_init_start() fails (for example due to a register_nf_conntrack_bpf() failure), the nf_conntrack_helper_fini() clean-up path frees the nf_ct_helper_hash map.

When built with NF_CONNTRACK=y, further netfilter modules (e.g: netfilter_conntrack_ftp) can still be loaded and call nf_conntrack_helpers_register(), independently of whether nf_conntrack initialized correctly. This accesses the nf_ct_helper_hash dangling pointer and causes a uaf, possibly leading to random memory corruption.

This patch guards nf_conntrack_helper_register() from accessing a freed or uninitialized nf_ct_helper_hash pointer and fixes possible uses-after-free when loading a conntrack module.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 12f7a505331e ("netfilter: add user-space connection tracking helper infrastructure") Signed-off-by: Florent Revest revest@chromium.org --- net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c index 0c4db2f2ac43..f22691f83853 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c @@ -360,6 +360,9 @@ int nf_conntrack_helper_register(struct nf_conntrack_helper *me) BUG_ON(me->expect_class_max >= NF_CT_MAX_EXPECT_CLASSES); BUG_ON(strlen(me->name) > NF_CT_HELPER_NAME_LEN - 1);

+ if (!nf_ct_helper_hash) + return -ENOENT; + if (me->expect_policy->max_expected > NF_CT_EXPECT_MAX_CNT) return -EINVAL;

@@ -515,4 +518,5 @@ int nf_conntrack_helper_init(void) void nf_conntrack_helper_fini(void) { kvfree(nf_ct_helper_hash); + nf_ct_helper_hash = NULL; }