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HistoryJul 29, 2024 - 2:31 p.m.

CVE-2024-41042 netfilter: nf_tables: prefer nft_chain_validate

2024-07-2914:31:55
Linux
github.com
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linux
kernel
netfilter
vulnerability
cve-2024-41042
resolution

AI Score

7.3

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nf_tables: prefer nft_chain_validate

nft_chain_validate already performs loop detection because a cycle will
result in a call stack overflow (ctx->level >= NFT_JUMP_STACK_SIZE).

It also follows maps via ->validate callback in nft_lookup, so there
appears no reason to iterate the maps again.

nf_tables_check_loops() and all its helper functions can be removed.
This improves ruleset load time significantly, from 23s down to 12s.

This also fixes a crash bug. Old loop detection code can result in
unbounded recursion:

BUG: TASK stack guard page was hit at …
Oops: stack guard page: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
CPU: 4 PID: 1539 Comm: nft Not tainted 6.10.0-rc5+ #1
[…]

with a suitable ruleset during validation of register stores.

I can’t see any actual reason to attempt to check for this from
nft_validate_register_store(), at this point the transaction is still in
progress, so we don’t have a full picture of the rule graph.

For nf-next it might make sense to either remove it or make this depend
on table->validate_state in case we could catch an error earlier
(for improved error reporting to userspace).

AI Score

7.3

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial

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