This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled sysctl net: Keep tcp_syn_retries inside the boundary to the 3.0-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: sysctl-net-keep-tcp_syn_retries-inside-the-boundary.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.0 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From eec2e0e28f1ce5260aa4e94ecf6ef4d8b53a5580 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michal Tesar <mtesar@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 14:09:01 +0200 Subject: sysctl net: Keep tcp_syn_retries inside the boundary From: Michal Tesar <mtesar@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 651e92716aaae60fc41b9652f54cb6803896e0da ] Limit the min/max value passed to the /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syn_retries. Signed-off-by: Michal Tesar <mtesar@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c +++ b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c @@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ static int tcp_adv_win_scale_min = -31; static int tcp_adv_win_scale_max = 31; static int ip_ttl_min = 1; static int ip_ttl_max = 255; +static int tcp_syn_retries_min = 1; +static int tcp_syn_retries_max = MAX_TCP_SYNCNT; static int ip_ping_group_range_min[] = { 0, 0 }; static int ip_ping_group_range_max[] = { GID_T_MAX, GID_T_MAX }; @@ -231,7 +233,9 @@ static struct ctl_table ipv4_table[] = { .data = &sysctl_tcp_syn_retries, .maxlen = sizeof(int), .mode = 0644, - .proc_handler = proc_dointvec + .proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax, + .extra1 = &tcp_syn_retries_min, + .extra2 = &tcp_syn_retries_max }, { .procname = "tcp_synack_retries", Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from mtesar@xxxxxxxxxx are queue-3.0/sysctl-net-keep-tcp_syn_retries-inside-the-boundary.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html