Re: [PATCH] mptcp: fix possible integer overflow in mptcp_reset_tout_timer

[Matthieu Baerts <matttbe@kernel.org>]

Hi Dmitry,

On 07/11/2024 11:36, Dmitry Kandybka wrote:
> In 'mptcp_reset_tout_timer', promote 'probe_timestamp' to unsigned long
> to avoid possible integer overflow. Compile tested only.
> 
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kandybka <d.kandybka@gmail.com>
> ---
>  net/mptcp/protocol.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
> index e978e05ec8d1..ff2b8a2bfe18 100644
> --- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
> +++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
> @@ -2722,8 +2722,8 @@ void mptcp_reset_tout_timer(struct mptcp_sock *msk, unsigned long fail_tout)
>  	if (!fail_tout && !inet_csk(sk)->icsk_mtup.probe_timestamp)
>  		return;
>  
> -	close_timeout = inet_csk(sk)->icsk_mtup.probe_timestamp - tcp_jiffies32 + jiffies +
> -			mptcp_close_timeout(sk);
> +	close_timeout = (unsigned long)inet_csk(sk)->icsk_mtup.probe_timestamp -
> +			tcp_jiffies32 + jiffies + mptcp_close_timeout(sk);

If I'm not mistaken, "jiffies" is an "unsigned long", which makes this
modification not necessary, no?

Cheers,
Matt
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