From: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org> stable inclusion from stable-v6.6.160 commit 18866dc1f525f9ee4de7709529d1ae1af8d8e8be category: bugfix bugzilla: https://atomgit.com/src-openeuler/kernel/issues/20692 CVE: CVE-2026-98490 Reference: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=... -------------------------------- [ Upstream commit 1a4151e6be57b098b7a5ebfbde58585e83200cdc ] While calling the helpers, a raw pointer to the extensions area is wired into expectations list: -> nf_ct_helper() -> helper->help() -> nf_ct_expect_related_report() -> nf_ct_expect_insert() -> hlist_add_head_rcu(&exp->lnode, &master_help->expectations) In case the connection is not confirmed yet, more extensions can be added afterwards with *_ext_add() calls reallocating the extension space and leaving the now invalid pointer in the expectations list that is later accessed while removing the expectation. Make sure that helpers are called at the end after all the other extensions are already added. Note that the helper rejection now leaves the mark and labels set, but that's not different from how the NAT was handled before or how the mark and the labels were handled on confirmation failure. And there are no atomicity guarantees provided by the API anyway. Fixes: cae3a2627520 ("openvswitch: Allow attaching helpers to ct action") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: Axel Mierczuk <axel.mierczuk@1password.com> Signed-off-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org> Reviewed-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260921145655.3167436-4-i.maximets@ovn.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Yi Yang <yiyang13@huawei.com> --- net/openvswitch/conntrack.c | 19 +++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c b/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c index 95ca219f11b0..f04b08ad2c97 100644 --- a/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c +++ b/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c @@ -818,11 +818,14 @@ static int __ovs_ct_lookup(struct net *net, struct sw_flow_key *key, } } - /* Call the helper only if: - * - nf_conntrack_in() was executed above ("!cached"), or - * - When committing an unconfirmed connection. + /* Call the helper only if nf_conntrack_in() was executed + * above ("!cached"). + * + * For unconfirmed connections it will be called later during + * commit as we need to have all the other extensions allocated + * before the call. */ - if ((nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct) ? !cached : info->commit)) { + if (nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct) && !cached) { int err = nf_ct_helper(skb, ct, ctinfo, info->family); err = verdict_to_errno(err); @@ -1025,6 +1028,14 @@ static int ovs_ct_commit(struct net *net, struct sw_flow_key *key, return err; nf_conn_act_ct_ext_add(skb, ct, ctinfo); + + /* Call the helpers now. We couldn't do this before as + * all the extensions must be allocated before the call. + */ + err = nf_ct_helper(skb, ct, ctinfo, info->family); + err = verdict_to_errno(err); + if (err) + return err; } else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_LABELS) && labels_nonzero(&info->labels.mask)) { err = ovs_ct_set_labels(ct, key, &info->labels.value, -- 2.25.1