netdev - [PATCH v3] rxrpc: Fix variable overwrite

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Message-ID: <20171128172852.GA26508@embeddedor.com>
Date:   Tue, 28 Nov 2017 11:28:52 -0600
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3] rxrpc: Fix variable overwrite

Values assigned to both variable resend_at and ack_at are overwritten
before they can be used.

The correct fix here is to add 'now' to the previously computed value in
resend_at and ack_at.

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1462262
Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1462263
Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1462264
Fixes: beb8e5e4f38c ("rxrpc: Express protocol timeouts in terms of RTT")
Link: https://marc.info/?i=17004.1511808959%40warthog.procyon.org.uk
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
---
Changes in v2:
 - Add 'now' to the previously-computed value stored in resend_at instead
   of removing the code.

Changes in v3:
 - Add 'now' to the previously-computed value stored in ack_at instead of
   removing the code.
 - Combine two previously sent patches into this one.

 net/rxrpc/call_event.c | 2 +-
 net/rxrpc/sendmsg.c    | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/rxrpc/call_event.c b/net/rxrpc/call_event.c
index bda952f..9cc1225 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/call_event.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/call_event.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static void __rxrpc_propose_ACK(struct rxrpc_call *call, u8 ack_reason,
 		else
 			ack_at = expiry;
 
-		ack_at = jiffies + expiry;
+		ack_at += now;
 		if (time_before(ack_at, call->ack_at)) {
 			WRITE_ONCE(call->ack_at, ack_at);
 			rxrpc_reduce_call_timer(call, ack_at, now,
diff --git a/net/rxrpc/sendmsg.c b/net/rxrpc/sendmsg.c
index a1c53ac..09f2a3e 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/sendmsg.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/sendmsg.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ static void rxrpc_queue_packet(struct rxrpc_sock *rx, struct rxrpc_call *call,
 		if (resend_at < 1)
 			resend_at = 1;
 
-		resend_at = now + rxrpc_resend_timeout;
+		resend_at += now;
 		WRITE_ONCE(call->resend_at, resend_at);
 		rxrpc_reduce_call_timer(call, resend_at, now,
 					rxrpc_timer_set_for_send);
-- 
2.7.4