Re: [PATCH] netfilter: nfnetlink: fix uninitialized local variable
From: Breno Leitao
Date: Thu Aug 15 2024 - 06:18:23 EST
On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 04:27:33PM +0800, icejl wrote:
> In the nfnetlink_rcv_batch function, an uninitialized local variable
> extack is used, which results in using random stack data as a pointer.
> This pointer is then used to access the data it points to and return
> it as the request status, leading to an information leak. If the stack
> data happens to be an invalid pointer, it can cause a pointer access
> exception, triggering a kernel crash.
>
> Signed-off-by: icejl <icejl0001@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
> index 4abf660c7baf..b29b281f4b2c 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
> @@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ static void nfnetlink_rcv_batch(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
>
> nfnl_unlock(subsys_id);
>
> + memset(&extack, 0, sizeof(extack));
> if (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_ACK)
> nfnl_err_add(&err_list, nlh, 0, &extack);
There is a memset later in that function , inside the
`while (skb->len >= nlmsg_total_size(0))` loop. Should that one be
removed?