net: check net.core.somaxconn sysctl values
authorRoman Gushchin <klamm@yandex-team.ru>
Fri, 2 Aug 2013 14:36:40 +0000 (18:36 +0400)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Fri, 2 Aug 2013 22:18:53 +0000 (15:18 -0700)
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@yandex-team.ru>
Reported-by: Changli Gao <xiaosuo@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/core/sysctl_net_core.c

index b59b680..31107ab 100644 (file)
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
 #include <net/net_ratelimit.h>
 #include <net/busy_poll.h>
 
+static int zero = 0;
 static int one = 1;
+static int ushort_max = USHRT_MAX;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_RPS
 static int rps_sock_flow_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
@@ -339,7 +341,9 @@ 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
        },
        { }
 };