netdev - [PATCH net] tcp: fix overflow in __tcp_retransmit

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Date:   Thu, 15 Sep 2016 08:12:33 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net] tcp: fix overflow in __tcp_retransmit_skb()

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

If a TCP socket gets a large write queue, an overflow can happen
in a test in __tcp_retransmit_skb() preventing all retransmits.

The flow then stalls and resets after timeouts.

Tested:

sysctl -w net.core.wmem_max=1000000000
netperf -H dest -- -s 1000000000

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index bdaef7fd6e47..f53d0cca5fa4 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -2605,7 +2605,8 @@ int __tcp_retransmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int segs)
 	 * copying overhead: fragmentation, tunneling, mangling etc.
 	 */
 	if (atomic_read(&sk->sk_wmem_alloc) >
-	    min(sk->sk_wmem_queued + (sk->sk_wmem_queued >> 2), sk->sk_sndbuf))
+	    min_t(u32, sk->sk_wmem_queued + (sk->sk_wmem_queued >> 2),
+		  sk->sk_sndbuf))
 		return -EAGAIN;
 
 	if (skb_still_in_host_queue(sk, skb))