netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/4] xen-netfront: drop skb when skb->len

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Message-ID: <20130318134414.GF24560@phenom.dumpdata.com>
Date:	Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:44:14 -0400
From:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xen.org,
	ian.campbell@...rix.com, annie.li@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] xen-netfront: drop skb when skb->len > 65535

On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 10:35:53AM +0000, Wei Liu wrote:
> The `size' field of Xen network wire format is uint16_t, anything bigger than
> 65535 will cause overflow.

Should this also copy stable@...r.kernel.org?
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/xen-netfront.c |   12 ++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
> index 5527663..8c3d065 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
> @@ -547,6 +547,18 @@ static int xennet_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
>  	unsigned int len = skb_headlen(skb);
>  	unsigned long flags;
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * wire format of xen_netif_tx_request only supports skb->len
> +	 * < 64K, because size field in xen_netif_tx_request is
> +	 * uint16_t.
> +	 */
> +	if (unlikely(skb->len > (uint16_t)(~0))) {
> +		net_alert_ratelimited(
> +			"xennet: skb->len = %d, too big for wire format\n",
> +			skb->len);
> +		goto drop;
> +	}
> +
>  	slots = DIV_ROUND_UP(offset + len, PAGE_SIZE) +
>  		xennet_count_skb_frag_slots(skb);
>  	if (unlikely(slots > MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1)) {
> -- 
> 1.7.10.4
> 
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