[PATCH 0/2] sysctl: cap file-max value at ULONG_MAX

[Christian Brauner]

Hey,

Currently, when writing

echo 18446744073709551616 > /proc/sys/fs/file-max

/proc/sys/fs/file-max will overflow and be set to 0. That quickly
crashes the system. Let's detect the overflow and set to ULONG_MAX in
this case effectively capping the value.

The patch tries to ensure that there is no other user visible change in
behavior for other values. Only when a maximum value is set for a
specific sysctl will it be capped on overflow. The details are outlined
in the commit message of the first commit.

(This patchset is in reference to https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/10/11/585.)

Thanks!
Christian

Christian Brauner (2):
  sysctl: add overflow detection to proc_get_long()
  sysctl: handle overflow for file-max

 kernel/sysctl.c | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

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