CVE: CVE-2024-27012
Published: 2024-05-01
Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nf_tables: restore set elements when delete set fails

From abort path, nft_mapelem_activate() needs to restore refcounters to
the original state. Currently, it uses the set->ops->walk() to iterate
over these set elements. The existing set iterator skips inactive
elements in the next generation, this does not work from the abort path
to restore the original state since it has to skip active elements
instead (not inactive ones).

This patch moves the check for inactive elements to the set iterator
callback, then it reverses the logic for the .activate case which
needs to skip active elements.

Toggle next generation bit for elements when delete set command is
invoked and call nft_clear() from .activate (abort) path to restore the
next generation bit.

The splat below shows an object in mappings memleak:

[43929.457523] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[43929.457532] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1139 at include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h:1237 nft_setelem_data_deactivate+0xe4/0xf0 [nf_tables]
[...]
[43929.458014] RIP: 0010:nft_setelem_data_deactivate+0xe4/0xf0 [nf_tables]
[43929.458076] Code: 83 f8 01 77 ab 49 8d 7c 24 08 e8 37 5e d0 de 49 8b 6c 24 08 48 8d 7d 50 e8 e9 5c d0 de 8b 45 50 8d 50 ff 89 55 50 85 c0 75 86 <0f> 0b eb 82 0f 0b eb b3 0f 1f 40 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90
[43929.458081] RSP: 0018:ffff888140f9f4b0 EFLAGS: 00010246
[43929.458086] RAX: [PII_REDACTED] RBX: ffff8881434f5288 RCX: dffffc[PII_REDACTED]
[43929.458090] RDX: 00000000ffffffff RSI: ffffffffa26d28a7 RDI: ffff88810ecc9550
[43929.458093] RBP: ffff88810ecc9500 R08: [PII_REDACTED] R09: ffffed10281f3e8f
[43929.458096] R10: [PII_REDACTED] R11: ffff0000ffff0000 R12: ffff8881434f52a0
[43929.458100] R13: ffff888140f9f5f4 R14: ffff888151c7a800 R15: [PII_REDACTED]
[43929.458103] FS:  00007f0c687c4740(0000) GS:ffff[PII_REDACTED]00(0000) knlGS:[PII_REDACTED]
[43929.458107] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: [PII_REDACTED]
[43929.458111] CR2: 00007f58dbe5b008 CR3: [PII_REDACTED] CR4:[PII_REDACTED]1706f0
[43929.458114] Call Trace:
[43929.458118]  <TASK>
[43929.458121]  ? __warn+0x9f/0x1a0
[43929.458127]  ? nft_setelem_data_deactivate+0xe4/0xf0 [nf_tables]
[43929.458188]  ? report_bug+0x1b1/0x1e0
[43929.458196]  ? handle_bug+0x3c/0x70
[43929.458200]  ? exc_invalid_op+0x17/0x40
[43929.458211]  ? nft_setelem_data_deactivate+0xd7/0xf0 [nf_tables]
[43929.458271]  ? nft_setelem_data_deactivate+0xe4/0xf0 [nf_tables]
[43929.458332]  nft_mapelem_deactivate+0x24/0x30 [nf_tables]
[43929.458392]  nft_rhash_walk+0xdd/0x180 [nf_tables]
[43929.458453]  ? __pfx_nft_rhash_walk+0x10/0x10 [nf_tables]
[43929.458512]  ? rb_insert_color+0x2e/0x280
[43929.458520]  nft_map_deactivate+0xdc/0x1e0 [nf_tables]
[43929.458582]  ? __pfx_nft_map_deactivate+0x10/0x10 [nf_tables]
[43929.458642]  ? __pfx_nft_mapelem_deactivate+0x10/0x10 [nf_tables]
[43929.458701]  ? __rcu_read_unlock+0x46/0x70
[43929.458709]  nft_delset+0xff/0x110 [nf_tables]
[43929.458769]  nft_flush_table+0x16f/0x460 [nf_tables]
[43929.458830]  nf_tables_deltable+0x501/0x580 [nf_tables]
CVSS Score: 5.5 (MEDIUM)
CWE: CWE-401
References: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86658fc7414d4b9e25c2699d[PII_REDACTED]03d637; https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e79b47a8615d42c68aaeb[PII_REDACTED]3667382ed; https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86658fc7414d4b9e25c2699d[PII_REDACTED]03d637