Re: [PATCH nf] netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: reject expired interval ends

[Pablo Neira Ayuso]

On Mon, Oct 05, 2026 at 08:04:05PM +0000, Jérémy Jean wrote:
> Consider two ranges in a netfilter verdict map:
> * keys 10-19 accept packets, and
> * keys 30-39 jump to chain 'victim'.
> Now, delete the end marker at 20. The lookup array now uses element 30
> as the first range's end, so an INTERVAL_END query for key 15 returns
> element 30, including its jump verdict and chain pointer. This can make
> KASAN reports a UAF after the GC releases reference chain for 30 that
> has expired:
> 
>   BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in nft_verdict_dump+0xdd/0x110
>   Read of size 8 at addr ff110000009dfb58 by task repro/50
>   ...
>   Call Trace:
>   ...
>    nft_verdict_dump+0xdd/0x110
>    nft_data_dump+0x4d/0x80
>    nf_tables_fill_setelem+0x30b/0x8a0
>    ? __asan_memcpy+0x3c/0x60
>    nf_tables_fill_setelem_info+0x1b0/0x200
>    nft_get_set_elem+0x3fd/0x4b0
>   ...
>   Freed by task 24:
>   ...
>    kfree+0x1a5/0x280
>    nf_tables_trans_destroy_work+0x2cb/0x520
> 
> Reject expired endpoints in nft_rbtree_get() before returning them.
> 
> Fixes: 2aa34191f06f ("netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: use binary search array in get command")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Jérémy Jean <Jeremy.Jean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c b/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c
> index 9894832..1fd9cbe 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c
> @@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ nft_rbtree_get(const struct net *net, const struct nft_set *set,
>  	if (flags & NFT_SET_ELEM_INTERVAL_END) {
>  		if (!interval->to)
>  			return NULL;
> +		if (nft_set_elem_expired(interval->to))
> +			return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);

End elements carry no timeout set extension.

>  		rbe = container_of(interval->to, struct nft_rbtree_elem, ext);
>  	} else {
> -- 
> 2.47.3
>