[PATCH net] net/sched: cls_flow: avoid integer overflow in perturb_period
From: Wei Tao
Date: Fri Oct 16 2026 - 00:05:46 EST
flow_change() calculates perturb_period by directly multiplying
nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_FLOW_PERTURB]) by HZ, without any overflow
protection. Since perturb_period is a u32, the multiplication
overflows when the value from netlink exceeds UINT_MAX / HZ.
The result can be an unexpectedly short period or even zero.
# tc qdisc add dev lo clsact
# tc filter add dev lo ingress protocol ip pref 1 handle 1 flow \
hash keys src perturb 42949673 baseclass 1:10
With HZ=100, 42949673*100=4294967300, but UINT_MAX is 4294967295,
so the product wraps to 4 jiffies.
Both the filter-modify and filter-create paths in flow_change()
are affected.
Since perturb_period is ultimately fed to mod_timer(), and
calc_wheel_index() internally casts delta to signed long for
comparison, reject values greater than INT_MAX / HZ. Besides
preventing the u32 multiplication from wrapping, this also
keeps the relative timeout within the signed-long range on
32-bit systems.
Fixes: 72d9794f4447 ("net-sched: cls_flow: add perturbation support")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Wei Tao <taowei@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/sched/cls_flow.c | 17 +++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/sched/cls_flow.c b/net/sched/cls_flow.c
index a9ac3acf6eda..29d1042a1988 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_flow.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_flow.c
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ static int flow_change(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *in_skb,
u32 keymask = 0;
u32 mode;
int err;
+ u32 val;
if (opt == NULL)
return -EINVAL;
@@ -486,7 +487,13 @@ static int flow_change(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *in_skb,
if (tb[TCA_FLOW_PERTURB]) {
if (mode != FLOW_MODE_HASH)
goto err2;
- perturb_period = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_FLOW_PERTURB]) * HZ;
+ val = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_FLOW_PERTURB]);
+ if (val > INT_MAX / HZ) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "invalid perturb period");
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto err2;
+ }
+ perturb_period = val * HZ;
}
} else {
err = -EINVAL;
@@ -504,7 +511,13 @@ static int flow_change(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *in_skb,
if (tb[TCA_FLOW_PERTURB]) {
if (mode != FLOW_MODE_HASH)
goto err2;
- perturb_period = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_FLOW_PERTURB]) * HZ;
+ val = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_FLOW_PERTURB]);
+ if (val > INT_MAX / HZ) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "invalid perturb period");
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto err2;
+ }
+ perturb_period = val * HZ;
}
if (TC_H_MAJ(baseclass) == 0) {
--
2.25.1