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Date:	Sun, 21 Sep 2014 10:46:48 -0700
From:	Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] tcp: avoid possible arithmetic overflows

On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 5:29 PM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
>
> icsk_rto is a 32bit field, and icsk_backoff can reach 15 by default,
> or more if some sysctl (eg tcp_retries2) are changed.
>
> Better use 64bit to perform icsk_rto << icsk_backoff operations
>
> As Joe Perches suggested, add a helper for this.
>
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Acked-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>

Maybe also use the new helper for the backoff in tcp_v4_err()?

> ---
>  include/net/inet_connection_sock.h |    9 +++++++++
>  net/ipv4/tcp_input.c               |    5 +++--
>  net/ipv4/tcp_output.c              |   13 ++++++-------
>  net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c               |    4 ++--
>  4 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/net/inet_connection_sock.h b/include/net/inet_connection_sock.h
> index 5fbe6568c3cf..7551b402d6fe 100644
> --- a/include/net/inet_connection_sock.h
> +++ b/include/net/inet_connection_sock.h
> @@ -242,6 +242,15 @@ static inline void inet_csk_reset_xmit_timer(struct sock *sk, const int what,
>  #endif
>  }
>
> +static inline unsigned long
> +inet_csk_rto_backoff(const struct inet_connection_sock *icsk,
> +                    unsigned long max_when)
> +{
> +        u64 when = (u64)icsk->icsk_rto << icsk->icsk_backoff;
> +
> +        return (unsigned long)min_t(u64, when, max_when);
> +}
> +
>  struct sock *inet_csk_accept(struct sock *sk, int flags, int *err);
>
>  struct request_sock *inet_csk_search_req(const struct sock *sk,
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
> index 02fb66d4a018..13f3da4762e3 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
> @@ -3208,9 +3208,10 @@ static void tcp_ack_probe(struct sock *sk)
>                  * This function is not for random using!
>                  */
>         } else {
> +               unsigned long when = inet_csk_rto_backoff(icsk, TCP_RTO_MAX);
> +
>                 inet_csk_reset_xmit_timer(sk, ICSK_TIME_PROBE0,
> -                                         min(icsk->icsk_rto << icsk->icsk_backoff, TCP_RTO_MAX),
> -                                         TCP_RTO_MAX);
> +                                         when, TCP_RTO_MAX);
>         }
>  }
>
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
> index 7f1280dcad57..8c61a7c0c889 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
> @@ -3279,6 +3279,7 @@ void tcp_send_probe0(struct sock *sk)
>  {
>         struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
>         struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
> +       unsigned long probe_max;
>         int err;
>
>         err = tcp_write_wakeup(sk);
> @@ -3294,9 +3295,7 @@ void tcp_send_probe0(struct sock *sk)
>                 if (icsk->icsk_backoff < sysctl_tcp_retries2)
>                         icsk->icsk_backoff++;
>                 icsk->icsk_probes_out++;
> -               inet_csk_reset_xmit_timer(sk, ICSK_TIME_PROBE0,
> -                                         min(icsk->icsk_rto << icsk->icsk_backoff, TCP_RTO_MAX),
> -                                         TCP_RTO_MAX);
> +               probe_max = TCP_RTO_MAX;
>         } else {
>                 /* If packet was not sent due to local congestion,
>                  * do not backoff and do not remember icsk_probes_out.
> @@ -3306,11 +3305,11 @@ void tcp_send_probe0(struct sock *sk)
>                  */
>                 if (!icsk->icsk_probes_out)
>                         icsk->icsk_probes_out = 1;
> -               inet_csk_reset_xmit_timer(sk, ICSK_TIME_PROBE0,
> -                                         min(icsk->icsk_rto << icsk->icsk_backoff,
> -                                             TCP_RESOURCE_PROBE_INTERVAL),
> -                                         TCP_RTO_MAX);
> +               probe_max = TCP_RESOURCE_PROBE_INTERVAL;
>         }
> +       inet_csk_reset_xmit_timer(sk, ICSK_TIME_PROBE0,
> +                                 inet_csk_rto_backoff(icsk, probe_max),
> +                                 TCP_RTO_MAX);
>  }
>
>  int tcp_rtx_synack(struct sock *sk, struct request_sock *req)
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
> index a339e7ba05a4..b24360f6e293 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
> @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ static int tcp_write_timeout(struct sock *sk)
>
>                 retry_until = sysctl_tcp_retries2;
>                 if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD)) {
> -                       const int alive = (icsk->icsk_rto < TCP_RTO_MAX);
> +                       const int alive = icsk->icsk_rto < TCP_RTO_MAX;
>
>                         retry_until = tcp_orphan_retries(sk, alive);
>                         do_reset = alive ||
> @@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ static void tcp_probe_timer(struct sock *sk)
>         max_probes = sysctl_tcp_retries2;
>
>         if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD)) {
> -               const int alive = ((icsk->icsk_rto << icsk->icsk_backoff) < TCP_RTO_MAX);
> +               const int alive = inet_csk_rto_backoff(icsk, TCP_RTO_MAX) < TCP_RTO_MAX;
>
>                 max_probes = tcp_orphan_retries(sk, alive);
>
>
>
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