[PATCH net v2] net/sched: cbs: perform rate conversions in signed 64-bit arithmetic

From: Jack Wang

Date: Wed Aug 12 2026 - 06:05:26 EST


cbs_set_port_rate() and cbs_change() multiply link rates and slope values
by BYTES_PER_KBIT, an unsigned long constant. On 32-bit architectures,
the multiplications therefore take place in 32-bit unsigned arithmetic
before the results are assigned to s64 fields.

For port rates above approximately 34.36 Gbit/s this wraps port_rate.
The same conversion turns a negative sendslope into a large positive
value, reversing the CBS credit adjustment. This affects software CBS;
port_rate is also refreshed on NETDEV_UP and NETDEV_CHANGE notifications.

Cast the first operand of each multiplication to s64 so all intermediate
operations use signed 64-bit arithmetic and preserve the value's sign on
every architecture

Also reject a non-positive idleslope. A negative idleslope can arm the
watchdog in the past and busy-loop.

Fixes: 585d763af09c ("net/sched: Introduce Credit Based Shaper (CBS) qdisc")
Fixes: 397006ba5d918 ("net/sched: cbs: Fix integer overflow in cbs_set_port_rate()")

Signed-off-by: Jack Wang <163wangjack@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
- Reject a non-positive idleslope to prevent scheduling the watchdog in
the past.
- Leave the pre-existing timediff_to_credits() overflow for a separate
follow-up.

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260806155253.50252-1-163wangjack@xxxxxxxxx/

net/sched/sch_cbs.c | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/sched/sch_cbs.c b/net/sched/sch_cbs.c
index 1c93469c56e3..e960c8e01ef4 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_cbs.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_cbs.c
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ static void cbs_set_port_rate(struct net_device *dev, struct cbs_sched_data *q)
speed = ecmd.base.speed;

skip:
- port_rate = speed * 1000 * BYTES_PER_KBIT;
+ port_rate = (s64)speed * 1000 * BYTES_PER_KBIT;

atomic64_set(&q->port_rate, port_rate);
netdev_dbg(dev, "cbs: set %s's port_rate to: %lld, linkspeed: %d\n",
@@ -392,6 +392,10 @@ static int cbs_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt,
}

qopt = nla_data(tb[TCA_CBS_PARMS]);
+ if (qopt->idleslope <= 0) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Idleslope must be greater than zero");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }

if (!qopt->offload) {
cbs_set_port_rate(dev, q);
@@ -405,8 +409,8 @@ static int cbs_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt,
/* Everything went OK, save the parameters used. */
WRITE_ONCE(q->hicredit, qopt->hicredit);
WRITE_ONCE(q->locredit, qopt->locredit);
- WRITE_ONCE(q->idleslope, qopt->idleslope * BYTES_PER_KBIT);
- WRITE_ONCE(q->sendslope, qopt->sendslope * BYTES_PER_KBIT);
+ WRITE_ONCE(q->idleslope, (s64)qopt->idleslope * BYTES_PER_KBIT);
+ WRITE_ONCE(q->sendslope, (s64)qopt->sendslope * BYTES_PER_KBIT);
WRITE_ONCE(q->offload, qopt->offload);

return 0;

base-commit: 7b53449540502cb21b32bca62a6258e22cd97bbe
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2.53.0