linux-kernel - Re: [Patch] Limit sysctl_tcp_mem and sysctl_udp_mem initializers to prevent integer overflows.

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Message-Id: <20101024.152830.102557040.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 24 Oct 2010 15:28:30 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	holt@....com
Cc:	w@....eu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru,
	pekkas@...core.fi, jmorris@...ei.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org,
	kaber@...sh.net, vladislav.yasevich@...com, sri@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [Patch] Limit sysctl_tcp_mem and sysctl_udp_mem initializers
 to prevent integer overflows.

From: Robin Holt <holt@....com>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 07:03:37 -0500

> Subject: [Patch] Limit sysctl_tcp_mem and sysctl_udp_mem initializers to prevent integer overflows.
> 
> On a 16TB x86_64 machine, sysctl_tcp_mem[2], sysctl_udp_mem[2], and
> sysctl_sctp_mem[2] can integer overflow.  Set limit such that they are
> maximized without overflowing.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robin Holt <holt@....com>

I'll queue this up for -stable, thanks Robin!
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