From: Michael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@gmail.com>
To: Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, tipc-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net v3 2/3] tipc: prevent snt_unacked underflow on CONN_ACK
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2026 08:22:05 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260608122206.458290-3-michael.bommarito@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260608122206.458290-1-michael.bommarito@gmail.com>
tipc_sk_conn_proto_rcv() subtracts the peer-supplied connection ack count
from the unsigned 16-bit send counter snt_unacked without checking that it
does not exceed the number of messages actually outstanding:
tsk->snt_unacked -= msg_conn_ack(hdr);
msg_conn_ack() is read straight from a received CONN_MANAGER/CONN_ACK
message. If the ack count is larger than snt_unacked, the subtraction
wraps to a near-maximum value, leaving tsk_conn_cong() permanently true
and starving the connection of further transmits.
Validate the ACK count at the start of the CONN_ACK block and drop the
message if it acknowledges more messages than are outstanding. A peer (or,
for a local connection, the connected peer socket) can otherwise wedge a
TIPC connection's send side by sending an oversized connection ack.
Fixes: 10724cc7bb78 ("tipc: redesign connection-level flow control")
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-7
Signed-off-by: Michael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@gmail.com>
---
v3:
- Drop the conn_ack local; test tsk->snt_unacked against
msg_conn_ack() inline (Tung Quang Nguyen).
v2:
- Validate msg_conn_ack() at the beginning of the CONN_ACK block and
drop invalid messages instead of capping the peer-supplied value.
net/tipc/socket.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/tipc/socket.c b/net/tipc/socket.c
index 9329919fb07f0..f64f7a35b5c91 100644
--- a/net/tipc/socket.c
+++ b/net/tipc/socket.c
@@ -1362,6 +1362,9 @@ static void tipc_sk_conn_proto_rcv(struct tipc_sock *tsk, struct sk_buff *skb,
__skb_queue_tail(xmitq, skb);
return;
} else if (mtyp == CONN_ACK) {
+ if (tsk->snt_unacked < msg_conn_ack(hdr))
+ goto exit;
+
was_cong = tsk_conn_cong(tsk);
tipc_sk_push_backlog(tsk, msg_nagle_ack(hdr));
tsk->snt_unacked -= msg_conn_ack(hdr);
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-08 12:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-08 12:22 [PATCH net v3 0/3] tipc: fix netlink gate and receive-path bugs Michael Bommarito
2026-06-08 12:22 ` [PATCH net v3 1/3] tipc: require net admin for TIPCv2 netlink mutators Michael Bommarito
2026-06-08 12:22 ` Michael Bommarito [this message]
2026-06-08 12:22 ` [PATCH net v3 3/3] tipc: reject inverted service ranges from peer bindings Michael Bommarito
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