netdev - Re: [PATCH] rps: fix insufficient bounds checking in store_rps_dev_flow_table

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Date:	Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:41:26 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	xi.wang@...il.com, therbert@...gle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rps: fix insufficient bounds checking in
 store_rps_dev_flow_table_cnt()

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:22:24 +0100

> Le mercredi 21 décembre 2011 à 13:50 -0500, Xi Wang a écrit :
>> @@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ static ssize_t store_rps_dev_flow_table_cnt(struct netdev_rx_queue *queue,
>>  	if (count) {
>>  		int i;
>>  
>> -		if (count > 1<<30) {
>> +		if (count > 1<<28) {
>>  			/* Enforce a limit to prevent overflow */
>>  			return -EINVAL;
>>  		}
> 
> 
> Really, you should remove this magic number and use instead
> 
> (INT_MAX - RPS_DEV_FLOW_TABLE_SIZE(0)) / sizeof(struct rps_dev_flow)
> 
> Or something like that, because next time we add a field in
> rps_dev_flow, test will be obsolete.

Agreed.
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