linux/net
Pablo Neira Ayuso 3d5d488f11 netfilter: x_tables: restrict xt_check_match/xt_check_target extensions for NFPROTO_ARP
Weiming Shi says:

xt_match and xt_target structs registered with NFPROTO_UNSPEC can be
loaded by any protocol family through nft_compat. When such a
match/target sets .hooks to restrict which hooks it may run on, the
bitmask uses NF_INET_* constants. This is only correct for families
whose hook layout matches NF_INET_*: IPv4, IPv6, INET, and bridge
all share the same five hooks (PRE_ROUTING ... POST_ROUTING).

ARP only has three hooks (IN=0, OUT=1, FORWARD=2) with different
semantics. Because NF_ARP_OUT == 1 == NF_INET_LOCAL_IN, the .hooks
validation silently passes for the wrong reasons, allowing matches to
run on ARP chains where the hook assumptions (e.g. state->in being
set on input hooks) do not hold. This leads to NULL pointer
dereferences; xt_devgroup is one concrete example:

 Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000044: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
 KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000220-0x0000000000000227]
 RIP: 0010:devgroup_mt+0xff/0x350
 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  nft_match_eval (net/netfilter/nft_compat.c:407)
  nft_do_chain (net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:285)
  nft_do_chain_arp (net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c:61)
  nf_hook_slow (net/netfilter/core.c:623)
  arp_xmit (net/ipv4/arp.c:666)
  </TASK>
 Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt

Fix it by restricting arptables to NFPROTO_ARP extensions only.
Note that arptables-legacy only supports:

- arpt_CLASSIFY
- arpt_mangle
- arpt_MARK

that provide explicit NFPROTO_ARP match/target declarations.

Fixes: 9291747f11 ("netfilter: xtables: add device group match")
Reported-by: Xiang Mei <xmei5@asu.edu>
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
2026-04-01 11:55:29 +02:00
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6lowpan net: replace ND_PRINTK with dynamic debug 2025-07-10 15:27:32 -07:00
9p Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
802 Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
8021q Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
appletalk Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
atm atm: lec: fix use-after-free in sock_def_readable() 2026-03-14 08:05:47 -07:00
ax25 Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
batman-adv Here is a batman-adv bugfix: 2026-03-18 17:41:00 -07:00
bluetooth Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix ERTM re-init and zero pdu_len infinite loop 2026-03-25 15:32:32 -04:00
bpf Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
bridge bridge: br_nd_send: validate ND option lengths 2026-03-27 20:37:14 -07:00
caif Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
can can: isotp: fix tx.buf use-after-free in isotp_sendmsg() 2026-03-19 17:16:02 +01:00
ceph libceph: Fix potential out-of-bounds access in ceph_handle_auth_reply() 2026-03-11 10:18:56 +01:00
core rtnetlink: fix leak of SRCU struct in rtnl_link_register 2026-03-24 20:56:02 -07:00
dcb Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
devlink Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
dns_resolver net/dns_resolver: use credential guards in dns_query() 2025-11-04 12:36:51 +01:00
dsa Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
ethernet bonding: prevent potential infinite loop in bond_header_parse() 2026-03-16 19:29:45 -07:00
ethtool Convert more 'alloc_obj' cases to default GFP_KERNEL arguments 2026-02-21 20:03:00 -08:00
handshake treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types 2026-02-21 01:02:28 -08:00
hsr Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
ieee802154 Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
ife
ipv4 ipsec-2026-03-23 2026-03-24 15:16:28 +01:00
ipv6 ip6_tunnel: clear skb2->cb[] in ip4ip6_err() 2026-03-27 20:24:12 -07:00
iucv Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
kcm kcm: fix zero-frag skb in frag_list on partial sendmsg error 2026-02-23 17:26:55 -08:00
key ipsec-2026-03-23 2026-03-24 15:16:28 +01:00
l2tp Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
l3mdev
lapb treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types 2026-02-21 01:02:28 -08:00
llc treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types 2026-02-21 01:02:28 -08:00
mac80211 wifi: mac80211: always free skb on ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb() failure 2026-03-18 09:09:58 +01:00
mac802154 bonding: prevent potential infinite loop in bond_header_parse() 2026-03-16 19:29:45 -07:00
mctp mctp: route: hold key->lock in mctp_flow_prepare_output() 2026-03-10 11:38:36 +01:00
mpls mpls: add seqcount to protect the platform_label{,s} pair 2026-03-26 18:32:14 -07:00
mptcp MPTCP: fix lock class name family in pm_nl_create_listen_socket 2026-03-19 09:37:48 -07:00
ncsi net: ncsi: fix skb leak in error paths 2026-03-06 17:34:48 -08:00
netfilter netfilter: x_tables: restrict xt_check_match/xt_check_target extensions for NFPROTO_ARP 2026-04-01 11:55:29 +02:00
netlabel Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
netlink Convert more 'alloc_obj' cases to default GFP_KERNEL arguments 2026-02-21 20:03:00 -08:00
netrom Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
nfc nfc: nci: fix circular locking dependency in nci_close_device 2026-03-19 16:56:18 -07:00
nsh
openvswitch openvswitch: validate MPLS set/set_masked payload length 2026-03-20 18:37:31 -07:00
packet net: fix fanout UAF in packet_release() via NETDEV_UP race 2026-03-23 17:07:19 -07:00
phonet bonding: prevent potential infinite loop in bond_header_parse() 2026-03-16 19:29:45 -07:00
psample treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types 2026-02-21 01:02:28 -08:00
psp Including fixes from IPsec, Bluetooth and netfilter 2026-02-26 08:00:13 -08:00
qrtr net: qrtr: replace qrtr_tx_flow radix_tree with xarray to fix memory leak 2026-03-26 20:22:38 -07:00
rds net/rds: Fix circular locking dependency in rds_tcp_tune 2026-03-03 12:57:06 +01:00
rfkill Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
rose net/rose: fix NULL pointer dereference in rose_transmit_link on reconnect 2026-03-12 19:23:59 -07:00
rxrpc rxrpc, afs: Fix missing error pointer check after rxrpc_kernel_lookup_peer() 2026-03-06 17:49:52 -08:00
sched net/sched: sch_hfsc: fix divide-by-zero in rtsc_min() 2026-03-27 20:41:11 -07:00
sctp Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
shaper net: shaper: protect from late creation of hierarchy 2026-03-19 13:47:15 +01:00
smc net/smc: fix double-free of smc_spd_priv when tee() duplicates splice pipe buffer 2026-03-20 18:59:30 -07:00
strparser Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2025-11-13 12:35:38 -08:00
sunrpc nfsd-7.0 fixes: 2026-03-18 14:27:11 -07:00
switchdev treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types 2026-02-21 01:02:28 -08:00
tipc tipc: fix divide-by-zero in tipc_sk_filter_connect() 2026-03-11 18:56:28 -07:00
tls tls: Purge async_hold in tls_decrypt_async_wait() 2026-03-26 09:55:53 +01:00
unix af_unix: Give up GC if MSG_PEEK intervened. 2026-03-12 13:37:18 -07:00
vmw_vsock Including fixes from IPsec, Bluetooth and netfilter 2026-02-26 08:00:13 -08:00
wireless wifi: cfg80211: cancel pmsr_free_wk in cfg80211_pmsr_wdev_down 2026-03-06 12:41:59 +01:00
x25 treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types 2026-02-21 01:02:28 -08:00
xdp xsk: Fix zero-copy AF_XDP fragment drop 2026-02-28 08:55:11 -08:00
xfrm ipsec-2026-03-23 2026-03-24 15:16:28 +01:00
compat.c socket: Unify getsockname and getpeername implementation 2025-11-26 13:45:23 -07:00
devres.c
Kconfig net: Kconfig: discourage drop_monitor enablement 2025-10-17 16:29:26 -07:00
Kconfig.debug
Makefile psp: base PSP device support 2025-09-18 12:32:06 +02:00
socket.c net: Drop the lock in skb_may_tx_timestamp() 2026-02-24 11:27:29 +01:00
sysctl_net.c