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From: Kaho Jiang <kj2864@nyu.edu>
To: ncardwell@google.com, kuniyu@google.com, davem@davemloft.net,
	kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org,
	edumazet@google.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	co+71b6509cb791e531@bugs.sh, Kaho Jiang <kj2864@nyu.edu>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net v3] net: ipv4: add zero check for snd_cwnd_clamp
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 16:15:50 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261015201549.4023-2-kj2864@nyu.edu> (raw)

User can pass zero to snd_cwnd_clamp via RTAX_CWND type.
This could lead to division of zero error if not checked properly.

Oops: divide error: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 tcp_reno_cong_avoid (net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c:510 (discriminator 1))
 tcp_ack (net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:3517 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:3873 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:4440)
 tcp_rcv_established (net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:6685)
 tcp_v4_do_rcv (net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:1854)
 tcp_v4_rcv (net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:2248)
 ip_protocol_deliver_rcu (net/ipv4/ip_input.c:207 (discriminator 1))
 ip_local_deliver_finish (net/ipv4/ip_input.c:241 (discriminator 1))
 ip_local_deliver (./include/linux/netfilter.h:325 ./include/linux/netfilter.h:319 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:262)
 ip_rcv (./include/net/dst.h:481 (discriminator 6) net/ipv4/ip_input.c:492 (discriminator 6) ./include/linux/netfilter.h:325 (discriminator 6) ./include/li)
 __netif_receive_skb_one_core (net/core/dev.c:6297 (discriminator 4))
 __netif_receive_skb (net/core/dev.c:6410)
 process_backlog (net/core/dev.c:6761)
 __napi_poll.constprop.0 (net/core/dev.c:7830)
 net_rx_action (net/core/dev.c:7893 net/core/dev.c:8050)
 handle_softirqs (kernel/softirq.c:645)
 __irq_exit_rcu (kernel/softirq.c:679 kernel/softirq.c:519 kernel/softirq.c:758)
 irq_exit_rcu (kernel/softirq.c:775)
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt (arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1062 (discriminator 35) arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1062 (discriminator 35))
RIP: 0010:tcp_cong_avoid_ai (net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c:482)

Fix by checking if user pass in zero as parameter,
if so reject the value zero.

Fixes: 814d488c6126 ("tcp: fix the timid additive increase on stretch ACKs")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: co+71b6509cb791e531@bugs.sh
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Kaho Jiang <kj2864@nyu.edu>
---
 net/ipv4/metrics.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/metrics.c b/net/ipv4/metrics.c
index ad40762a8b38..e83a129a25b6 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/metrics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/metrics.c
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ static int ip_metrics_convert(struct nlattr *fc_mx,
 			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Unknown flag set in feature mask in metrics attribute");
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
+		if (type == RTAX_CWND && val == 0) {
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "RTAX_CWND must be greater than zero");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
 		metrics[type - 1] = val;
 	}
 
-- 
2.43.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-10-15 20:16 UTC|newest]

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2026-10-15 20:15 Kaho Jiang [this message]
2026-10-17  5:21 ` [PATCH net v3] net: ipv4: add zero check for snd_cwnd_clamp kuniyu

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