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Message-ID: <1283584269.3402.9.camel@edumazet-laptop> Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:11:09 +0200 From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> To: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] UNIX: Do not loop forever at unix_autobind(). Le samedi 04 septembre 2010 à 15:58 +0900, Tetsuo Handa a écrit : > From a67ccbb8033993df29f26bde9944e37bffe4fc1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp> > Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 15:22:22 +0900 > Subject: [PATCH] UNIX: Do not loop forever at unix_autobind(). > > We assumed that unix_autobind() never fails if kzalloc() succeeded. > But unix_autobind() allows only 1048576 names. If /proc/sys/fs/file-max is > larger than 1048576 (e.g. systems with more than 10GB of RAM), a local user can > consume all names using fork()/socket()/bind(). > > If all names are in use, those who call bind() with addr_len == sizeof(short) > or connect()/sendmsg() with setsockopt(SO_PASSCRED) will continue > > while (1) > yield(); > > loop at unix_autobind() till a name becomes available. > This patch changes unix_autobind() to fail if all names are in use. > > Note that currently a local user can consume 2GB of kernel memory if the user > is allowed to create and autobind 1048576 UNIX domain sockets. We should > consider adding some restriction for autobind operation. > > Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp> > --- > net/unix/af_unix.c | 8 ++++++++ > 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c > index 4414a18..46fc6b2 100644 > --- a/net/unix/af_unix.c > +++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c > @@ -692,6 +692,7 @@ static int unix_autobind(struct socket *sock) > static u32 ordernum = 1; > struct unix_address *addr; > int err; > + u32 stop_ordernum; > > mutex_lock(&u->readlock); > > @@ -706,6 +707,7 @@ static int unix_autobind(struct socket *sock) > > addr->name->sun_family = AF_UNIX; > atomic_set(&addr->refcnt, 1); > + stop_ordernum = ordernum; > > retry: > addr->len = sprintf(addr->name->sun_path+1, "%05x", ordernum) + 1 + sizeof(short); > @@ -720,6 +722,12 @@ retry: > /* Sanity yield. It is unusual case, but yet... */ > if (!(ordernum&0xFF)) > yield(); > + /* Give up if all names are in use. */ > + if (ordernum == stop_ordernum) { > + err = -ENOMEM; > + kfree(addr); > + goto out; > + } > goto retry; > } > addr->hash ^= sk->sk_type; Sorry, this wont work very well if you have many processes using autobind(). Some of them will loop many time before hitting "stop_ordernum". unsigned int counter; ... if (++maxtries == 1<<20) { ... } This is a pathological situation. We are not forced to give a successful autobind() when so many sockets are in use, even if some slots are available. Thanks -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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