CVE-2025-68206

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

netfilter: nft_ct: add seqadj extension for natted connections

Sequence adjustment may be required for FTP traffic with PASV/EPSV modes. due to need to re-write packet payload (IP, port) on the ftp control connection. This can require changes to the TCP length and expected seq / ack_seq.

The easiest way to reproduce this issue is with PASV mode. Example ruleset: table inet ftp_nat { ct helper ftp_helper { type ftp protocol tcp l3proto inet }

    chain prerouting {
            type filter hook prerouting priority 0; policy accept;
            tcp dport 21 ct state new ct helper set ftp_helper
    }

} table ip nat { chain prerouting { type nat hook prerouting priority -100; policy accept; tcp dport 21 dnat ip prefix to ip daddr map { 192.168.100.1 : 192.168.13.2/32 } }

    chain postrouting {
            type nat hook postrouting priority 100 ; policy accept;
            tcp sport 21 snat ip prefix to ip saddr map {
		192.168.13.2 : 192.168.100.1/32 }
    }

}

Note that the ftp helper gets assigned after the dnat setup.

The inverse (nat after helper assign) is handled by an existing check in nf_nat_setup_info() and will not show the problem.

Topoloy:

+——————-+ +———————————-+ | FTP: 192.168.13.2 | <-> | NAT: 192.168.13.3, 192.168.100.1 | +——————-+ +———————————-+ | +———————–+ | Client: 192.168.100.2 | +———————–+

ftp nat changes do not work as expected in this case: Connected to 192.168.100.1. [..] ftp> epsv EPSV/EPRT on IPv4 off. ftp> ls 227 Entering passive mode (192,168,100,1,209,129). 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection.

Kernel logs: Missing nfct_seqadj_ext_add() setup call WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 0 at net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_seqadj.c:41 [..] __nf_nat_mangle_tcp_packet+0x100/0x160 [nf_nat] nf_nat_ftp+0x142/0x280 [nf_nat_ftp] help+0x4d1/0x880 [nf_conntrack_ftp] nf_confirm+0x122/0x2e0 [nf_conntrack] nf_hook_slow+0x3c/0xb0 ..

Fix this by adding the required extension when a conntrack helper is assigned to a connection that has a nat binding.

Affected Software

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b52d89cbbb0dbe3e948d8d9a91e704316dccfe6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90918e3b6404c2a37837b8f11692471b4c512de2