From: Omer Zalman <omerzalman42@gmail.com>
To: oliver@neukum.org
Cc: andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, Omer Zalman <omerzalman42@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] net: usb: cdc_ncm: prevent silent u16 truncation in min_tx_pkt_store()
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 23:06:32 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260318040632.69531-2-omerzalman42@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260318040632.69531-1-omerzalman42@gmail.com>
min_tx_pkt is a u16 field but the sysfs store handler accepted any
unsigned long and assigned it directly. Values that do not fit in 16
bits silently truncate: writing 65537 wraps to 1, turning a
"never pad" intent into "always pad".
ctx->tx_max can itself reach 65537 because cdc_ncm_update_rxtx_max()
increments the negotiated NTB size by one pad byte when it is an exact
multiple of the USB maxpacket size.
Clamp the stored value to min(tx_max, U16_MAX). Any value above tx_max
is already semantically equivalent to tx_max since frame lengths never
exceed it; the U16_MAX cap ensures the result is always representable
in the u16 field without wrapping.
Fixes: 39eb7e0e8c88 ("net: cdc_ncm: allow tuning min_tx_pkt")
Signed-off-by: Omer Zalman <omerzalman42@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
index 6fcb4d711a64..edd69f4e1596 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
@@ -242,11 +242,17 @@ static ssize_t min_tx_pkt_store(struct device *d,
struct cdc_ncm_ctx *ctx = (struct cdc_ncm_ctx *)dev->data[0];
unsigned long val;
- /* no need to restrict values - anything from 0 to infinity is OK */
if (kstrtoul(buf, 0, &val))
return -EINVAL;
- ctx->min_tx_pkt = val;
+ /* Clamp to tx_max: the frame length can never exceed tx_max,
+ * so any threshold above it has the same effect (padding is
+ * never applied). Also cap at U16_MAX since min_tx_pkt is
+ * a u16 - without this, values like 65537 silently wrap to 1
+ * and invert the intended behavior.
+ */
+ ctx->min_tx_pkt = min_t(unsigned long, val,
+ min_t(u32, ctx->tx_max, U16_MAX));
return len;
}
--
2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-18 4:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-18 4:06 [PATCH 1/2] net: usb: cdc_ncm: convert sysfs show() callbacks to sysfs_emit() Omer Zalman
2026-03-18 4:06 ` Omer Zalman [this message]
2026-03-18 6:37 ` [PATCH 2/2] net: usb: cdc_ncm: prevent silent u16 truncation in min_tx_pkt_store() Greg KH
2026-03-18 6:36 ` [PATCH 1/2] net: usb: cdc_ncm: convert sysfs show() callbacks to sysfs_emit() Greg KH
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