[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);
--
2.47.3