netdev - [PATCH] tcp: restrict net.ipv4.tcp_adv_min

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Date:	Sun, 14 Nov 2010 17:18:25 +0200
From:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	shemminger@...ux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] tcp: restrict net.ipv4.tcp_adv_min_scale (#20312)

tcp_win_from_space() does the following:

	if (sysctl_tcp_adv_win_scale <= 0)
		return space >> (-sysctl_tcp_adv_win_scale);
	else
		return space - (space >> sysctl_tcp_adv_win_scale);

"space" is int.

As per C99 6.5.7 (3) shifting int for 32 or more bits is
undefined behaviour.

Indeed, if sysctl_tcp_adv_win_scale is exactly 32, space >> 32 equals
space and function returns 0;

Which means we busyloop in tcp_fixup_rcvbuf().

Restrict net.ipv4.tcp_adv_win_scale to [-31, 31].

Fix https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20312

Steps to reproduce:

	echo 32 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_adv_win_scale
	wget www.kernel.org
	[softlockup]

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
---

--- a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ static int zero;
 static int tcp_retr1_max = 255;
 static int ip_local_port_range_min[] = { 1, 1 };
 static int ip_local_port_range_max[] = { 65535, 65535 };
+static int _minus_31 = -31;
+static int _31 = 31;
 
 /* Update system visible IP port range */
 static void set_local_port_range(int range[2])
@@ -426,7 +428,9 @@ static struct ctl_table ipv4_table[] = {
 		.data		= &sysctl_tcp_adv_win_scale,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &_minus_31,
+		.extra2		= &_31,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "tcp_tw_reuse",
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