Re: [PATCH v2] ethtool: avoiding integer overflow in ethtool_phys_id()

From: Alexander Lobakin
Date: Tue Nov 22 2022 - 07:14:44 EST


From: Maxim Korotkov <korotkov.maxim.s@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 09:54:23 +0300

> The value of an arithmetic expression "n * id.data" is subject
> to possible overflow due to a failure to cast operands to a larger data
> type before performing arithmetic. Used macro for multiplication instead
> operator for avoiding overflow.
>
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
>
> Signed-off-by: Maxim Korotkov <korotkov.maxim.s@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> net/ethtool/ioctl.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/ethtool/ioctl.c b/net/ethtool/ioctl.c
> index 6a7308de192d..f845e8be4d7c 100644
> --- a/net/ethtool/ioctl.c
> +++ b/net/ethtool/ioctl.c
> @@ -2007,7 +2007,8 @@ static int ethtool_phys_id(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
> } else {
> /* Driver expects to be called at twice the frequency in rc */
> int n = rc * 2, interval = HZ / n;
> - u64 count = n * id.data, i = 0;
> + u64 count = mul_u32_u32(n,id.data);

^^

Meh, you forgot to put a space after the comma :s

Other than that (please add it to a v3):

Reviewed-by: Alexander Lobakin <alexandr.lobakin@xxxxxxxxx>

> + u64 i = 0;
>
> do {
> rtnl_lock();
> --
> 2.17.1

Thanks,
Olek