Since the new_metric and last_hop_metric variables can reach the MAX_METRIC(0xffffffff) value, an integer overflow may occur when multiplying them by 10/9. It can lead to incorrect behavior.
Found by InfoTeCS on behalf of Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
Fixes: a8d418d9ac25 ("mac80211: mesh: only switch path when new metric is at least 10% better") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ilia Gavrilov Ilia.Gavrilov@infotecs.ru --- v2: - Remove 64-bit arithmetic according to https://lore.kernel.org/all/a6bd38c58f2f7685eac53844f2336432503c328e.camel@s... - Replace multiplication by 10/9 with a function that compares metrics by adding 10% without integer overflow v3: - Fix a typo (persent->percent) v4: - Simplify the is_metric_better() function - Remove 'inline', add a comment net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c | 14 ++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c b/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c index 4e9546e998b6..c94a9c7ca960 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c +++ b/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c @@ -367,6 +367,12 @@ u32 airtime_link_metric_get(struct ieee80211_local *local, return (u32)result; }
+/* Check that the first metric is at least 10% better than the second one */ +static bool is_metric_better(u32 x, u32 y) +{ + return (x < y) && (x < (y - x / 10)); +} + /** * hwmp_route_info_get - Update routing info to originator and transmitter * @@ -458,8 +464,8 @@ static u32 hwmp_route_info_get(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, (mpath->sn == orig_sn && (rcu_access_pointer(mpath->next_hop) != sta ? - mult_frac(new_metric, 10, 9) : - new_metric) >= mpath->metric)) { + !is_metric_better(new_metric, mpath->metric) : + new_metric >= mpath->metric))) { process = false; fresh_info = false; } @@ -533,8 +539,8 @@ static u32 hwmp_route_info_get(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, if ((mpath->flags & MESH_PATH_FIXED) || ((mpath->flags & MESH_PATH_ACTIVE) && ((rcu_access_pointer(mpath->next_hop) != sta ? - mult_frac(last_hop_metric, 10, 9) : - last_hop_metric) > mpath->metric))) + !is_metric_better(last_hop_metric, mpath->metric) : + last_hop_metric > mpath->metric)))) fresh_info = false; } else { mpath = mesh_path_add(sdata, ta);