From: Xiu Jianfeng <xiujianfeng@xxxxxxxxxx> cgroup.max.depth is the maximum allowed descent depth below the current cgroup. If the actual descent depth is equal or larger, an attempt to create a new child cgroup will fail. However due to the cgroup->max_depth is of int type and having the default value INT_MAX, the condition 'level > cgroup->max_depth' will never be satisfied, and it will cause an overflow of the level after it reaches to INT_MAX. Fix it by starting the level from 0 and using '>=' instead. It's worth mentioning that this issue is unlikely to occur in reality, as it's impossible to have a depth of INT_MAX hierarchy, but should be be avoided logically. Fixes: 1a926e0bbab8 ("cgroup: implement hierarchy limits") Signed-off-by: Xiu Jianfeng <xiujianfeng@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c index 5886b95c6eae..044c7ba1cc48 100644 --- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c +++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c @@ -5789,7 +5789,7 @@ static bool cgroup_check_hierarchy_limits(struct cgroup *parent) { struct cgroup *cgroup; int ret = false; - int level = 1; + int level = 0; lockdep_assert_held(&cgroup_mutex); @@ -5797,7 +5797,7 @@ static bool cgroup_check_hierarchy_limits(struct cgroup *parent) if (cgroup->nr_descendants >= cgroup->max_descendants) goto fail; - if (level > cgroup->max_depth) + if (level >= cgroup->max_depth) goto fail; level++; -- 2.34.1