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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: jiri@resnulli.us, jhs@mojatatu.com, horms@kernel.org,
	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: [PATCH net v8 6/6] net/sched: netem: check for negative latency and jitter
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:19:44 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260418032027.900913-7-stephen@networkplumber.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260418032027.900913-1-stephen@networkplumber.org>

Reject requests with negative latency or jitter.
A negative value added to current timestamp (u64) wraps
to an enormous time_to_send, disabling dequeue.
The original UAPI used u32 for these values; the conversion to 64-bit
time values via TCA_NETEM_LATENCY64 and TCA_NETEM_JITTER64
allowed signed values to reach the kernel without validation.

Jitter is already silently clamped by an abs() in netem_change();
that abs() can be removed in a follow-up once this rejection is in
place.

Fixes: 99803171ef04 ("netem: add uapi to express delay and jitter in nanoseconds")
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
---
 net/sched/sch_netem.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/sched/sch_netem.c b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
index 475c14b3dbdb..bc18e1976b6e 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_netem.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
@@ -826,6 +826,16 @@ static int get_dist_table(struct disttable **tbl, const struct nlattr *attr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int validate_time(const struct nlattr *attr, const char *name,
+			 struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+	if (nla_get_s64(attr) < 0) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR_FMT(extack, attr, "negative %s", name);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int validate_slot(const struct nlattr *attr, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	const struct tc_netem_slot *c = nla_data(attr);
@@ -1068,6 +1078,18 @@ static int netem_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt,
 			goto table_free;
 	}
 
+	if (tb[TCA_NETEM_LATENCY64]) {
+		ret = validate_time(tb[TCA_NETEM_LATENCY64], "latency", extack);
+		if (ret)
+			goto table_free;
+	}
+
+	if (tb[TCA_NETEM_JITTER64]) {
+		ret = validate_time(tb[TCA_NETEM_JITTER64], "jitter", extack);
+		if (ret)
+			goto table_free;
+	}
+
 	sch_tree_lock(sch);
 	/* backup q->clg and q->loss_model */
 	old_clg = q->clg;
-- 
2.53.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-04-18  3:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20260418032027.900913-1-stephen@networkplumber.org>
2026-04-18  3:19 ` [PATCH net v8 1/6] net/sched: netem: fix probability gaps in 4-state loss model Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-18  3:19 ` [PATCH net v8 2/6] net/sched: netem: fix queue limit check to include reordered packets Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-21 13:15   ` Simon Horman
2026-04-18  3:19 ` [PATCH net v8 3/6] net/sched: netem: only reseed PRNG when seed is explicitly provided Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-18  3:19 ` [PATCH net v8 4/6] net/sched: netem: validate slot configuration Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-21 13:10   ` Simon Horman
2026-04-18  3:19 ` [PATCH net v8 5/6] net/sched: netem: fix slot delay calculation overflow Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-18  3:19 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2026-04-21 13:16   ` [PATCH net v8 6/6] net/sched: netem: check for negative latency and jitter Simon Horman

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