In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nf_tables: unconditionally flush pending work before notifier
syzbot reports:
KASAN: slab-uaf in nft_ctx_update include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h:1831
KASAN: slab-uaf in nft_commit_release net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:9530
KASAN: slab-uaf int nf_tables_trans_destroy_work+0x152b/0x1750 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:9597
Read of size 2 at addr ffff88802b0051c4 by task kworker/1:1/45
[..]
Workqueue: events nf_tables_trans_destroy_work
Call Trace:
nft_ctx_update include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h:1831 [inline]
nft_commit_release net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:9530 [inline]
nf_tables_trans_destroy_work+0x152b/0x1750 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:9597
Problem is that the notifier does a conditional flush, but its possible
that the table-to-be-removed is still referenced by transactions being
processed by the worker, so we need to flush unconditionally.
We could make the flush_work depend on whether we found a table to delete
in nf-next to avoid the flush for most cases.
AFAICS this problem is only exposed in nf-next, with
commit e169285f8c56 ("netfilter: nf_tables: do not store nft_ctx in transaction objects"),
with this commit applied there is an unconditional fetch of
table->family which is whats triggering the above splat.
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Thu, 12 Sep 2024 02:30:00 +0000
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Weaknesses | CWE-416 |
Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:30:00 +0000
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Tue, 27 Aug 2024 14:00:00 +0000
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First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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Weaknesses | NVD-CWE-noinfo | |
CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
Vendors & Products |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2024-07-30T07:46:04.194Z
Updated: 2025-05-04T12:57:39.154Z
Reserved: 2024-07-29T15:50:41.176Z
Link: CVE-2024-42109

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:54:31.956Z

Status : Modified
Published: 2024-07-30T08:15:03.407
Modified: 2024-11-21T09:33:37.223
Link: CVE-2024-42109
