[PATCH nf,v2] netfilter: xt_hashlimit: validate hashtable supports XT_HASHLIMIT_RATE_MATCH

Pablo Neira Ayuso <[email protected]> Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:32:56 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.firewalls.netfilter.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
The XT_HASHLIMIT_RATE_MATCH flag mode changes the semantics of the
dsthash_ent structure which represents an entry in the hashtable.  There
is a union area which uses a different layout to express the rate match
mode.

Update .checkentry path to validate the XT_HASHLIMIT_RATE_MATCH flag
mode is requested by two or more different rules that refer to the same
hashtable. Otherwise, uninitialized access to the burst field in the
union is possible.

Fixes: bea74641e378 ("netfilter: xt_hashlimit: add rate match mode")
Reported-by: Talha Berk Arslan <[email protected]>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected]/
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <[email protected]>
---
v2: insufficient validation in flag mode.

 net/netfilter/xt_hashlimit.c | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_hashlimit.c b/net/netfilter/xt_hashlimit.c
index 2704b4b60d1e..d5dd68cd8151 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_hashlimit.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_hashlimit.c
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ struct xt_hashlimit_htable {
 	refcount_t use;
 	u_int8_t family;
 	bool rnd_initialized;
+	bool ratematch;
 
 	struct hashlimit_cfg3 cfg;	/* config */
 
@@ -323,6 +324,7 @@ static int htable_create(struct net *net, struct hashlimit_cfg3 *cfg,
 		kvfree(hinfo);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
+	hinfo->ratematch = !!(cfg->mode & XT_HASHLIMIT_RATE_MATCH);
 	spin_lock_init(&hinfo->lock);
 
 	switch (revision) {
@@ -905,6 +907,15 @@ static int hashlimit_mt_check_common(const struct xt_mtchk_param *par,
 			mutex_unlock(&hashlimit_mutex);
 			return ret;
 		}
+	} else {
+		if ((cfg->mode & XT_HASHLIMIT_RATE_MATCH &&
+		     !(*hinfo)->ratematch) ||
+		    (!(cfg->mode & XT_HASHLIMIT_RATE_MATCH) &&
+		      (*hinfo)->ratematch)) {
+			mutex_unlock(&hashlimit_mutex);
+			htable_put(*hinfo);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&hashlimit_mutex);
 
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