netdev - Re: [PATCH net] tcp: fix potential huge kmalloc() calls in TCP

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Date:	Fri, 20 Nov 2015 10:58:17 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, xemul@...allels.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] tcp: fix potential huge kmalloc() calls in
 TCP_REPAIR

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 21:03:33 -0800

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> tcp_send_rcvq() is used for re-injecting data into tcp receive queue.
> 
> Problems :
> 
> - No check against size is performed, allowed user to fool kernel in
>   attempting very large memory allocations, eventually triggering
>   OOM when memory is fragmented.
> 
> - In case of fault during the copy we do not return correct errno.
> 
> Lets use alloc_skb_with_frags() to cook optimal skbs.
> 
> Fixes: 292e8d8c8538 ("tcp: Move rcvq sending to tcp_input.c")
> Fixes: c0e88ff0f256 ("tcp: Repair socket queues")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Good catch, applied and queued up for -stable.

Thanks!
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