[PATCH v2 4/5] net: qrtr: ns: Limit the total number of nodes

From: Manivannan Sadhasivam via B4 Relay

Date: Fri Apr 03 2026 - 12:13:29 EST


From: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Currently, the nameserver doesn't limit the number of nodes it handles.
This can be an attack vector if a malicious client starts registering
random nodes, leading to memory exhaustion.

Hence, limit the maximum number of nodes to 64. Note that, limit of 64 is
chosen based on the current platform requirements. If requirement changes
in the future, this limit can be increased.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 0c2204a4ad71 ("net: qrtr: Migrate nameservice to kernel from userspace")
Signed-off-by: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/qrtr/ns.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/qrtr/ns.c b/net/qrtr/ns.c
index c95014673135..dfb5dad9473c 100644
--- a/net/qrtr/ns.c
+++ b/net/qrtr/ns.c
@@ -71,12 +71,16 @@ struct qrtr_node {
u32 server_count;
};

-/* Max server, lookup limits are chosen based on the current platform requirements.
- * If the requirement changes in the future, these values can be increased.
+/* Max nodes, server, lookup limits are chosen based on the current platform
+ * requirements. If the requirement changes in the future, these values can be
+ * increased.
*/
+#define QRTR_NS_MAX_NODES 64
#define QRTR_NS_MAX_SERVERS 256
#define QRTR_NS_MAX_LOOKUPS 64

+static u8 node_count;
+
static struct qrtr_node *node_get(unsigned int node_id)
{
struct qrtr_node *node;
@@ -85,6 +89,11 @@ static struct qrtr_node *node_get(unsigned int node_id)
if (node)
return node;

+ if (node_count >= QRTR_NS_MAX_NODES) {
+ pr_err_ratelimited("QRTR clients exceed max node limit!\n");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
/* If node didn't exist, allocate and insert it to the tree */
node = kzalloc_obj(*node);
if (!node)
@@ -98,6 +107,8 @@ static struct qrtr_node *node_get(unsigned int node_id)
return NULL;
}

+ node_count++;
+
return node;
}

@@ -401,6 +412,7 @@ static int ctrl_cmd_bye(struct sockaddr_qrtr *from)
delete_node:
xa_erase(&nodes, from->sq_node);
kfree(node);
+ node_count--;

return ret;
}

--
2.51.0