netdev - [PATCH net] tcp: fix potential memory corruption

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Date:   Wed, 02 Nov 2016 07:53:17 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Hans Westgaard Ry <hans.westgaard.ry@...cle.com>,
        Håkon Bugge <haakon.bugge@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] tcp: fix potential memory corruption

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

Imagine initial value of max_skb_frags is 17, and last
skb in write queue has 15 frags.

Then max_skb_frags is lowered to 14 or smaller value.

tcp_sendmsg() will then be allowed to add additional page frags
and eventually go past MAX_SKB_FRAGS, overflowing struct
skb_shared_info.

Fixes: 5f74f82ea34c ("net:Add sysctl_max_skb_frags")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc: Hans Westgaard Ry <hans.westgaard.ry@...cle.com>
Cc: Håkon Bugge <haakon.bugge@...cle.com>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 3251fe71f39f..18238ef8135a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@ int tcp_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size)
 
 			if (!skb_can_coalesce(skb, i, pfrag->page,
 					      pfrag->offset)) {
-				if (i == sysctl_max_skb_frags || !sg) {
+				if (i >= sysctl_max_skb_frags || !sg) {
 					tcp_mark_push(tp, skb);
 					goto new_segment;
 				}