[PATCH net 08/13] netfilter: xt_hashlimit: validate hashtable supports XT_HASHLIMIT_RATE_MATCH
From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Date: 2026-07-23 16:39:42
Also in:
netfilter-devel
Subsystem:
netfilter, networking [general], the rest · Maintainers:
Pablo Neira Ayuso, Florian Westphal, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
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 mode
flag 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.
Reject the use of the XT_HASHLIMIT_RATE_MATCH mode flag if set on by
revision less than 3 too.
Fixes: bea74641e378 ("netfilter: xt_hashlimit: add rate match mode")
Reported-and-tested-by: Talha Berk Arslan <redacted>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260721074629.668-1-talha.anything.info@gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
net/netfilter/xt_hashlimit.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_hashlimit.c b/net/netfilter/xt_hashlimit.c
index 2704b4b60d1e..9af0fa895f73 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) {
@@ -872,7 +874,10 @@ static int hashlimit_mt_check_common(const struct xt_mtchk_param *par, } /* Check for overflow. */ - if (revision >= 3 && cfg->mode & XT_HASHLIMIT_RATE_MATCH) { + if (cfg->mode & XT_HASHLIMIT_RATE_MATCH) { + if (revision < 3) + return -EINVAL; + if (cfg->avg == 0 || cfg->avg > U32_MAX) { pr_info_ratelimited("invalid rate\n"); return -ERANGE;
@@ -905,6 +910,15 @@ 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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