[PATCH 5.13 118/156] netfilter: nf_tables: Fix dereference of null pointer flow

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Jul 22 2021 - 12:56:59 EST


From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 4ca041f919f13783b0b03894783deee00dbca19a upstream.

In the case where chain->flags & NFT_CHAIN_HW_OFFLOAD is false then
nft_flow_rule_create is not called and flow is NULL. The subsequent
error handling execution via label err_destroy_flow_rule will lead
to a null pointer dereference on flow when calling nft_flow_rule_destroy.
Since the error path to err_destroy_flow_rule has to cater for null
and non-null flows, only call nft_flow_rule_destroy if flow is non-null
to fix this issue.

Addresses-Coverity: ("Explicity null dereference")
Fixes: 3c5e44622011 ("netfilter: nf_tables: memleak in hw offload abort path")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -3453,7 +3453,8 @@ static int nf_tables_newrule(struct sk_b
return 0;

err_destroy_flow_rule:
- nft_flow_rule_destroy(flow);
+ if (flow)
+ nft_flow_rule_destroy(flow);
err_release_rule:
nf_tables_rule_release(&ctx, rule);
err_release_expr: