Re: [External] : [PATCH nf] netfilter: ebtables: reject blobs that don't provide all entry points

[Harshit Mogalapalli]

Hi Florian,

On 20/08/22 11:05 pm, Florian Westphal wrote:
> For some reason ebtables reject blobs that provide entry points that are
> not supported by the table.
>
> What it should instead reject is the opposite, i.e. rulesets that
> DO NOT provide an entry point that is supported by the table.
>
> t->valid_hooks is the bitmask of hooks (input, forward ...) that will
> see packets.  So, providing an entry point that is not support is
> harmless (never called/used), but the reverse is NOT, this will cause
> crash because the ebtables traverser doesn't expect a NULL blob for
> a location its receiving packets for.
>
> Instead of fixing all the individual checks, do what iptables is doing and
> reject all blobs that doesn't provide the expected hooks.
>
> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
> Reported-by: Harshit Mogalapalli <harshit.m.mogalapalli@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   Harshit, can you check if this also silences your reproducer?

Thanks for the patch, I have run the reproducer on patched kernel(this 
patch) multiple times and the problem is not seen. So it silences the 
reproducer.

Regards,
Harshit

>   Thanks!
>
>   include/linux/netfilter_bridge/ebtables.h | 4 ----
>   net/bridge/netfilter/ebtable_broute.c     | 8 --------
>   net/bridge/netfilter/ebtable_filter.c     | 8 --------
>   net/bridge/netfilter/ebtable_nat.c        | 8 --------
>   net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c           | 8 +-------
>   5 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 35 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter_bridge/ebtables.h b/include/linux/netfilter_bridge/ebtables.h
> index a13296d6c7ce..fd533552a062 100644
> --- a/include/linux/netfilter_bridge/ebtables.h
> +++ b/include/linux/netfilter_bridge/ebtables.h
> @@ -94,10 +94,6 @@ struct ebt_table {
>   	struct ebt_replace_kernel *table;
>   	unsigned int valid_hooks;
>   	rwlock_t lock;
> -	/* e.g. could be the table explicitly only allows certain
> -	 * matches, targets, ... 0 == let it in */
> -	int (*check)(const struct ebt_table_info *info,
> -	   unsigned int valid_hooks);
>   	/* the data used by the kernel */
>   	struct ebt_table_info *private;
>   	struct nf_hook_ops *ops;
> diff --git a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtable_broute.c b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtable_broute.c
> index 1a11064f9990..8f19253024b0 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtable_broute.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtable_broute.c
> @@ -36,18 +36,10 @@ static struct ebt_replace_kernel initial_table = {
>   	.entries	= (char *)&initial_chain,
>   };
>   
> -static int check(const struct ebt_table_info *info, unsigned int valid_hooks)
> -{
> -	if (valid_hooks & ~(1 << NF_BR_BROUTING))
> -		return -EINVAL;
> -	return 0;
> -}
> -
>   static const struct ebt_table broute_table = {
>   	.name		= "broute",
>   	.table		= &initial_table,
>   	.valid_hooks	= 1 << NF_BR_BROUTING,
> -	.check		= check,
>   	.me		= THIS_MODULE,
>   };
>   
> diff --git a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtable_filter.c b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtable_filter.c
> index cb949436bc0e..278f324e6752 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtable_filter.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtable_filter.c
> @@ -43,18 +43,10 @@ static struct ebt_replace_kernel initial_table = {
>   	.entries	= (char *)initial_chains,
>   };
>   
> -static int check(const struct ebt_table_info *info, unsigned int valid_hooks)
> -{
> -	if (valid_hooks & ~FILTER_VALID_HOOKS)
> -		return -EINVAL;
> -	return 0;
> -}
> -
>   static const struct ebt_table frame_filter = {
>   	.name		= "filter",
>   	.table		= &initial_table,
>   	.valid_hooks	= FILTER_VALID_HOOKS,
> -	.check		= check,
>   	.me		= THIS_MODULE,
>   };
>   
> diff --git a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtable_nat.c b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtable_nat.c
> index 5ee0531ae506..9066f7f376d5 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtable_nat.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtable_nat.c
> @@ -43,18 +43,10 @@ static struct ebt_replace_kernel initial_table = {
>   	.entries	= (char *)initial_chains,
>   };
>   
> -static int check(const struct ebt_table_info *info, unsigned int valid_hooks)
> -{
> -	if (valid_hooks & ~NAT_VALID_HOOKS)
> -		return -EINVAL;
> -	return 0;
> -}
> -
>   static const struct ebt_table frame_nat = {
>   	.name		= "nat",
>   	.table		= &initial_table,
>   	.valid_hooks	= NAT_VALID_HOOKS,
> -	.check		= check,
>   	.me		= THIS_MODULE,
>   };
>   
> diff --git a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
> index f2dbefb61ce8..9a0ae59cdc50 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
> @@ -1040,8 +1040,7 @@ static int do_replace_finish(struct net *net, struct ebt_replace *repl,
>   		goto free_iterate;
>   	}
>   
> -	/* the table doesn't like it */
> -	if (t->check && (ret = t->check(newinfo, repl->valid_hooks)))
> +	if (repl->valid_hooks != t->valid_hooks)
>   		goto free_unlock;
>   
>   	if (repl->num_counters && repl->num_counters != t->private->nentries) {
> @@ -1231,11 +1230,6 @@ int ebt_register_table(struct net *net, const struct ebt_table *input_table,
>   	if (ret != 0)
>   		goto free_chainstack;
>   
> -	if (table->check && table->check(newinfo, table->valid_hooks)) {
> -		ret = -EINVAL;
> -		goto free_chainstack;
> -	}
> -
>   	table->private = newinfo;
>   	rwlock_init(&table->lock);
>   	mutex_lock(&ebt_mutex);