Re: [PATCH net v2] tcp: limit tcp_tso_rtt_log to a valid shift count
From: Jiayuan Chen
Date: Fri Oct 23 2026 - 10:51:57 EST
On 10/23/26 10:40 PM, Yingjie Wang wrote:
tcp_tso_autosize() right-shifts the u32 returned by tcp_min_rtt() by
sysctl_tcp_tso_rtt_log. The sysctl uses proc_dou8vec_minmax() without
an upper bound, so it accepts values through 255. Values above 31 make
the shift undefined.
A process with CAP_NET_ADMIN in the target network namespace can set the
per-netns sysctl. With CONFIG_UBSAN_SHIFT=y, setting it to 32 and sending
TCP data over loopback triggers:
UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:2264:30
shift exponent 32 is too large for 32-bit type 'unsigned int'
Call Trace:
__ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds
tcp_tso_segs
tcp_write_xmit
__tcp_push_pending_frames
tcp_push
tcp_sendmsg_locked
Limit the sysctl to 31, the largest valid shift count for a u32, and
document the accepted range. Writes of larger values now fail with
-EINVAL.
On a UBSAN/KASAN build of the net tree, values 0 and 31 remained
accepted, values 32 and 255 returned -EINVAL, and TCP traffic with the
valid boundary values produced no sanitizer diagnostics.
Fixes: 65466904b015 ("tcp: adjust TSO packet sizes based on min_rtt")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Yingjie Wang <1075151112@xxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
Thanks !
---
v2:
- Attach the upper bound to tcp_tso_rtt_log instead of ip_dynaddr, as
pointed out by Jiayuan Chen and Neal Cardwell.
- Re-run checkpatch and boundary tests on the corrected patch.
- Do not carry Eric Dumazet's Reviewed-by tag because the code changed.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/tencent_53CDCF8AA0022B75CF72A294CB9993D2FF07@xxxxxx/
Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst | 2 ++
net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
index 8edd2eb2a..66a54c510 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
@@ -1128,6 +1128,8 @@ tcp_tso_rtt_log - INTEGER
If you want to use the old autosizing, set this sysctl to 0.
+ Possible values are [0, 31], inclusive.
+
Default: 9 (2^9 = 512 usec)
tcp_pacing_ss_ratio - INTEGER
diff --git a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
index e3760daa3..bf193e7ec 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ static int ip_local_port_range_max[] = { 65535, 65535 };
static int tcp_adv_win_scale_min = -31;
static int tcp_adv_win_scale_max = 31;
static int tcp_app_win_max = 31;
+static int tcp_tso_rtt_log_max = 31;
static int tcp_min_snd_mss_min = TCP_MIN_SND_MSS;
static int tcp_min_snd_mss_max = 65535;
static int tcp_rto_max_max = TCP_RTO_MAX_SEC * MSEC_PER_SEC;
@@ -1406,6 +1407,7 @@ static const struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = {
.maxlen = sizeof(u8),
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_dou8vec_minmax,
+ .extra2 = &tcp_tso_rtt_log_max,
},
{
.procname = "tcp_min_rtt_wlen",
base-commit: f4377bf85887f57b59abb5479f7660a81ffe4449