Forwarded: [PATCH] netfilter: nf_tables: add missing RCU read lock in nf_tables_getsetelem

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Date: Wed Jan 28 2026 - 09:57:44 EST


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Subject: [PATCH] netfilter: nf_tables: add missing RCU read lock in nf_tables_getsetelem
Author: kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx

#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next.git main

Add RCU read-side critical section in nf_tables_getsetelem() to protect
against concurrent element deletion by garbage collection.

The function nf_tables_getsetelem() calls nft_get_set_elem() which
eventually dereferences set elements through the rbtree lookup path.
These elements can be freed by nft_trans_gc_trans_free() running in an
RCU callback context while the lookup is in progress, leading to a
use-after-free.

The function nf_tables_getsetelem_reset() already has proper RCU
protection around the same code path. This patch adds the missing RCU
read lock to nf_tables_getsetelem() to match.

Reported-by: syzbot+d417922a3e7935517ef6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=d417922a3e7935517ef6
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index be4924aeaf0e..00af242b1e62 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -6628,6 +6628,7 @@ static int nf_tables_getsetelem(struct sk_buff *skb,
if (err)
return err;

+ rcu_read_lock();
nla_for_each_nested(attr, nla[NFTA_SET_ELEM_LIST_ELEMENTS], rem) {
err = nft_get_set_elem(&dump_ctx.ctx, dump_ctx.set, attr, false);
if (err < 0) {
@@ -6635,6 +6636,7 @@ static int nf_tables_getsetelem(struct sk_buff *skb,
break;
}
}
+ rcu_read_unlock();

return err;
}
--
2.43.0