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This vulnerability can lead to privilege escalation.\n\nAnalysis from zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com:\nWhen initializing act_ct, tcf_ct_init() is called, which internally triggers\ntcf_ct_flow_table_get().\n\nstatic int tcf_ct_flow_table_get(struct net *net, struct tcf_ct_params *params)\n\n{\n struct zones_ht_key key = { .net = net, .zone = params->zone };\n struct tcf_ct_flow_table *ct_ft;\n int err = -ENOMEM;\n\n mutex_lock(&zones_mutex);\n ct_ft = rhashtable_lookup_fast(&zones_ht, &key, zones_params); // [1]\n if (ct_ft && refcount_inc_not_zero(&ct_ft->ref)) // [2]\n goto out_unlock;\n ...\n}\n\nstatic __always_inline void *rhashtable_lookup_fast(\n struct rhashtable *ht, const void *key,\n const struct rhashtable_params params)\n{\n void *obj;\n\n rcu_read_lock();\n obj = rhashtable_lookup(ht, key, params);\n rcu_read_unlock();\n\n return obj;\n}\n\nAt [1], rhashtable_lookup_fast() looks up and returns the corresponding ct_ft\nfrom zones_ht . The lookup is performed within an RCU read critical section\nthrough rcu_read_lock() / rcu_read_unlock(), which prevents the object from\nbeing freed. However, at the point of function return, rcu_read_unlock() has\nalready been called, and there is nothing preventing ct_ft from being freed\nbefore reaching refcount_inc_not_zero(&ct_ft->ref) at [2]. This interval becomes\nthe race window, during which ct_ft can be freed.\n\nFree Process:\n\ntcf_ct_flow_table_put() is executed through the path tcf_ct_cleanup() call_rcu()\ntcf_ct_params_free_rcu() tcf_ct_params_free() tcf_ct_flow_table_put().\n\nstatic void tcf_ct_flow_table_put(struct tcf_ct_flow_table *ct_ft)\n{\n if (refcount_dec_and_test(&ct_ft->ref)) {\n rhashtable_remove_fast(&zones_ht, &ct_ft->node, zones_params);\n INIT_RCU_WORK(&ct_ft->rwork, tcf_ct_flow_table_cleanup_work); // [3]\n queue_rcu_work(act_ct_wq, &ct_ft->rwork);\n }\n}\n\nAt [3], tcf_ct_flow_table_cleanup_work() is scheduled as RCU work\n\nstatic void tcf_ct_flow_table_cleanup_work(struct work_struct *work)\n\n{\n struct tcf_ct_flow_table *ct_ft;\n struct flow_block *block;\n\n ct_ft = container_of(to_rcu_work(work), struct tcf_ct_flow_table,\n rwork);\n nf_flow_table_free(&ct_ft->nf_ft);\n block = &ct_ft->nf_ft.flow_block;\n down_write(&ct_ft->nf_ft.flow_block_lock);\n WARN_ON(!list_empty(&block->cb_list));\n up_write(&ct_ft->nf_ft.flow_block_lock);\n kfree(ct_ft); // [4]\n\n module_put(THIS_MODULE);\n}\n\ntcf_ct_flow_table_cleanup_work() frees ct_ft at [4]. When this function executes\nbetween [1] and [2], UAF occurs.\n\nThis race condition has a very short race window, making it generally\ndifficult to trigger. 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