[PATCH net-next 14/15] netfilter: flowtable: avoid num_encaps underflow on bridge VLAN untag

From
Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Date
2026-06-07 09:50:27
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netfilter-devel
Reply to
Pablo Neira Ayuso, 2026-06-07
From: David Carlier <redacted>

The DEV_PATH_BR_VLAN_UNTAG case post-decrements info->num_encaps
inside WARN_ON_ONCE(). num_encaps is u8, so if it's already 0 the
decrement still happens and wraps it to 255. The break only leaves
the inner switch -- a later path entry can set info->indev back to
a real device, and we end up returning with num_encaps == 255.

nft_dev_forward_path() then walks info.encap[] (size 2) up to
num_encaps, which means an OOB stack read and a bogus count copied
into the route descriptor.

Should only happen on a malformed bridge path stack, hence the WARN,
but worth handling sanely. Move the decrement out of the WARN.

[ While at this, remove the WARN_ON_ONCE since this can only happen
  with a buggy bridge path stack --pablo ].

Fixes: e990cef6516d ("netfilter: flowtable: add bridge vlan filtering support")
Signed-off-by: David Carlier <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c
index 9e88ea6a2eef..a3e6b82f2f8e 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_path.c
@@ -163,10 +163,11 @@ static void nft_dev_path_info(const struct net_device_path_stack *stack,
 				info->num_encaps++;
 				break;
 			case DEV_PATH_BR_VLAN_UNTAG:
-				if (WARN_ON_ONCE(info->num_encaps-- == 0)) {
+				if (info->num_encaps == 0) {
 					info->indev = NULL;
 					break;
 				}
+				info->num_encaps--;
 				break;
 			case DEV_PATH_BR_VLAN_KEEP:
 				break;
-- 
2.47.3
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