[PATCH 4.6 12/81] ipv4: Fix non-initialized TTL when CONFIG_SYSCTL=n

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2016-06-22T23:07:45Z

From: Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@vanguardiasur.com.ar>

[ Upstream commit 049bbf589ec651685205bd8ce73221fdd62345cf ]

Commit fa50d974d104 ("ipv4: Namespaceify ip_default_ttl sysctl knob")
moves the default TTL assignment, and as side-effect IPv4 TTL now
has a default value only if sysctl support is enabled (CONFIG_SYSCTL=y).

The sysctl_ip_default_ttl is fundamental for IP to work properly,
as it provides the TTL to be used as default. The defautl TTL may be
used in ip_selected_ttl, through the following flow:

ip_select_ttl
ip4_dst_hoplimit
net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_default_ttl

This commit fixes the issue by assigning net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_default_ttl
in net_init_net, called during ipv4's initialization.

Without this commit, a kernel built without sysctl support will send
all IP packets with zero TTL (unless a TTL is explicitly set, e.g.
with setsockopt).

Given a similar issue might appear on the other knobs that were
namespaceify, this commit also moves them.

Fixes: fa50d974d104 ("ipv4: Namespaceify ip_default_ttl sysctl knob")
Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@vanguardiasur.com.ar>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
net/ipv4/af_inet.c | 8 ++++++++
net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c | 4 ----
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
@@ -1660,6 +1660,14 @@ static __net_init int inet_init_net(stru
*/
net->ipv4.ping_group_range.range[0] = make_kgid(&init_user_ns, 1);
net->ipv4.ping_group_range.range[1] = make_kgid(&init_user_ns, 0);
+
+ /* Default values for sysctl-controlled parameters.
+ * We set them here, in case sysctl is not compiled.
+ */
+ net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_default_ttl = IPDEFTTL;
+ net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_dynaddr = 0;
+ net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_early_demux = 1;
+
return 0;
}

--- a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
@@ -988,10 +988,6 @@ static __net_init int ipv4_sysctl_init_n
if (!net->ipv4.sysctl_local_reserved_ports)
goto err_ports;

- net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_default_ttl = IPDEFTTL;
- net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_dynaddr = 0;
- net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_early_demux = 1;
-
return 0;