3.5.7.22 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Roman Gushchin <klamm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 5f671d6b4ec3e6d66c2a868738af2cdea09e7509 upstream. It's possible to assign an invalid value to the net.core.somaxconn sysctl variable, because there is no checks at all. The sk_max_ack_backlog field of the sock structure is defined as unsigned short. Therefore, the backlog argument in inet_listen() shouldn't exceed USHRT_MAX. The backlog argument in the listen() syscall is truncated to the somaxconn value. So, the somaxconn value shouldn't exceed 65535 (USHRT_MAX). Also, negative values of somaxconn are meaningless. before: $ sysctl -w net.core.somaxconn=256 net.core.somaxconn = 256 $ sysctl -w net.core.somaxconn=65536 net.core.somaxconn = 65536 $ sysctl -w net.core.somaxconn=-100 net.core.somaxconn = -100 after: $ sysctl -w net.core.somaxconn=256 net.core.somaxconn = 256 $ sysctl -w net.core.somaxconn=65536 error: "Invalid argument" setting key "net.core.somaxconn" $ sysctl -w net.core.somaxconn=-100 error: "Invalid argument" setting key "net.core.somaxconn" Based on a prior patch from Changli Gao. Signed-off-by: Roman Gushchin <klamm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Changli Gao <xiaosuo@xxxxxxxxx> Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [ luis: backported to 3.5: adjusted context ] Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/core/sysctl_net_core.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c index a7c3684..df0dafe 100644 --- a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c +++ b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c @@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ #include <net/sock.h> #include <net/net_ratelimit.h> +static int zero = 0; +static int ushort_max = USHRT_MAX; + #ifdef CONFIG_RPS static int rps_sock_flow_sysctl(ctl_table *table, int write, void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos) @@ -198,7 +201,9 @@ static struct ctl_table netns_core_table[] = { .data = &init_net.core.sysctl_somaxconn, .maxlen = sizeof(int), .mode = 0644, - .proc_handler = proc_dointvec + .extra1 = &zero, + .extra2 = &ushort_max, + .proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax }, { } }; -- 1.8.3.2 -- 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