netfilter: ebtables: fix race condition in frame_filter_net_init()

It is possible for ebt_in_hook to be triggered before ebt_table is assigned resulting in a NULL-pointer dereference. Make sure hooks are registered as the last step. Fixes: aee12a0 ("ebtables: remove nf_hook_register usage") Signed-off-by: Artem Savkov <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <[email protected]>
mrcsosa · Sep 29, 2017 · e6b72ee · e6b72ee
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diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter_bridge/ebtables.h b/include/linux/netfilter_bridge/ebtables.h
@@ -108,9 +108,10 @@ struct ebt_table {
 
 #define EBT_ALIGN(s) (((s) + (__alignof__(struct _xt_align)-1)) & \
 		     ~(__alignof__(struct _xt_align)-1))
-extern struct ebt_table *ebt_register_table(struct net *net,
-					    const struct ebt_table *table,
-					    const struct nf_hook_ops *);
+extern int ebt_register_table(struct net *net,
+			      const struct ebt_table *table,
+			      const struct nf_hook_ops *ops,
+			      struct ebt_table **res);
 extern void ebt_unregister_table(struct net *net, struct ebt_table *table,
 				 const struct nf_hook_ops *);
 extern unsigned int ebt_do_table(struct sk_buff *skb,

diff --git a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtable_broute.c b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtable_broute.c
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ static int ebt_broute(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 static int __net_init broute_net_init(struct net *net)
 {
-	net->xt.broute_table = ebt_register_table(net, &broute_table, NULL);
-	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(net->xt.broute_table);
+	return ebt_register_table(net, &broute_table, NULL,
+				  &net->xt.broute_table);
 }
 
 static void __net_exit broute_net_exit(struct net *net)

diff --git a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtable_filter.c b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtable_filter.c
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ static const struct nf_hook_ops ebt_ops_filter[] = {
 
 static int __net_init frame_filter_net_init(struct net *net)
 {
-	net->xt.frame_filter = ebt_register_table(net, &frame_filter, ebt_ops_filter);
-	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(net->xt.frame_filter);
+	return ebt_register_table(net, &frame_filter, ebt_ops_filter,
+				  &net->xt.frame_filter);
 }
 
 static void __net_exit frame_filter_net_exit(struct net *net)

diff --git a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtable_nat.c b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtable_nat.c
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ static const struct nf_hook_ops ebt_ops_nat[] = {
 
 static int __net_init frame_nat_net_init(struct net *net)
 {
-	net->xt.frame_nat = ebt_register_table(net, &frame_nat, ebt_ops_nat);
-	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(net->xt.frame_nat);
+	return ebt_register_table(net, &frame_nat, ebt_ops_nat,
+				  &net->xt.frame_nat);
 }
 
 static void __net_exit frame_nat_net_exit(struct net *net)

diff --git a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
@@ -1169,9 +1169,8 @@ static void __ebt_unregister_table(struct net *net, struct ebt_table *table)
 	kfree(table);
 }
 
-struct ebt_table *
-ebt_register_table(struct net *net, const struct ebt_table *input_table,
-		   const struct nf_hook_ops *ops)
+int ebt_register_table(struct net *net, const struct ebt_table *input_table,
+		       const struct nf_hook_ops *ops, struct ebt_table **res)
 {
 	struct ebt_table_info *newinfo;
 	struct ebt_table *t, *table;
@@ -1183,7 +1182,7 @@ ebt_register_table(struct net *net, const struct ebt_table *input_table,
 	    repl->entries == NULL || repl->entries_size == 0 ||
 	    repl->counters != NULL || input_table->private != NULL) {
 		BUGPRINT("Bad table data for ebt_register_table!!!\n");
-		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	/* Don't add one table to multiple lists. */
@@ -1252,16 +1251,18 @@ ebt_register_table(struct net *net, const struct ebt_table *input_table,
 	list_add(&table->list, &net->xt.tables[NFPROTO_BRIDGE]);
 	mutex_unlock(&ebt_mutex);
 
+	WRITE_ONCE(*res, table);
+
 	if (!ops)
-		return table;
+		return 0;
 
 	ret = nf_register_net_hooks(net, ops, hweight32(table->valid_hooks));
 	if (ret) {
 		__ebt_unregister_table(net, table);
-		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+		*res = NULL;
 	}
 
-	return table;
+	return ret;
 free_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&ebt_mutex);
 free_chainstack:
@@ -1276,7 +1277,7 @@ ebt_register_table(struct net *net, const struct ebt_table *input_table,
 free_table:
 	kfree(table);
 out:
-	return ERR_PTR(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 void ebt_unregister_table(struct net *net, struct ebt_table *table,