netdev - [PATCH net-next 1/3] ethtool: Ensure new ring parameters are within bounds during SRINGPARAM

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Date:   Mon,  8 Jan 2018 16:00:24 +0200
From:   Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>
To:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@...lanox.com>,
        Eugenia Emantayev <eugenia@...lanox.com>,
        Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 1/3] ethtool: Ensure new ring parameters are within bounds during SRINGPARAM

From: Eugenia Emantayev <eugenia@...lanox.com>

Add a sanity check to ensure that all requested ring parameters
are within bounds, which should reduce errors in driver implementation.

Signed-off-by: Eugenia Emantayev <eugenia@...lanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>
---
 net/core/ethtool.c | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index 50a79203043b..9ea7cd52fde0 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -1704,14 +1704,23 @@ static int ethtool_get_ringparam(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 
 static int ethtool_set_ringparam(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 {
-	struct ethtool_ringparam ringparam;
+	struct ethtool_ringparam ringparam, max = { .cmd = ETHTOOL_GRINGPARAM };
 
-	if (!dev->ethtool_ops->set_ringparam)
+	if (!dev->ethtool_ops->set_ringparam || !dev->ethtool_ops->get_ringparam)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	if (copy_from_user(&ringparam, useraddr, sizeof(ringparam)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
+	dev->ethtool_ops->get_ringparam(dev, &max);
+
+	/* ensure new ring parameters are within the maximums */
+	if (ringparam.rx_pending > max.rx_max_pending ||
+	    ringparam.rx_mini_pending > max.rx_mini_max_pending ||
+	    ringparam.rx_jumbo_pending > max.rx_jumbo_max_pending ||
+	    ringparam.tx_pending > max.tx_max_pending)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	return dev->ethtool_ops->set_ringparam(dev, &ringparam);
 }
 
-- 
1.8.3.1