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[NETFILTER]: nf_conntrack_expect: introduce nf_conntrack_expect_max s…
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As a last step of preventing DoS by creating lots of expectations, this
patch introduces a global maximum and a sysctl to control it. The default
is initialized to 4 * the expectation hash table size, which results in
1/64 of the default maxmimum of conntracks.

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Patrick McHardy authored and David S. Miller committed Jul 11, 2007
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.h
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extern struct hlist_head *nf_ct_expect_hash;
extern unsigned int nf_ct_expect_hsize;
extern unsigned int nf_ct_expect_max;

struct nf_conntrack_expect
{
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10 changes: 10 additions & 0 deletions net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c
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Expand Up @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_ct_expect_hsize);

static unsigned int nf_ct_expect_hash_rnd __read_mostly;
static unsigned int nf_ct_expect_count;
unsigned int nf_ct_expect_max __read_mostly;
static int nf_ct_expect_hash_rnd_initted __read_mostly;
static int nf_ct_expect_vmalloc;

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master_help->expecting >= master_help->helper->max_expected)
evict_oldest_expect(master);

if (nf_ct_expect_count >= nf_ct_expect_max) {
if (net_ratelimit())
printk(KERN_WARNING
"nf_conntrack: expectation table full");
ret = -EMFILE;
goto out;
}

nf_ct_expect_insert(expect);
nf_ct_expect_event(IPEXP_NEW, expect);
ret = 0;
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if (!nf_ct_expect_hsize)
nf_ct_expect_hsize = 1;
}
nf_ct_expect_max = nf_ct_expect_hsize * 4;

nf_ct_expect_hash = nf_ct_alloc_hashtable(&nf_ct_expect_hsize,
&nf_ct_expect_vmalloc);
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9 changes: 8 additions & 1 deletion net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c
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Expand Up @@ -372,7 +372,14 @@ static ctl_table nf_ct_sysctl_table[] = {
.extra1 = &log_invalid_proto_min,
.extra2 = &log_invalid_proto_max,
},

{
.ctl_name = CTL_UNNUMBERED,
.procname = "nf_conntrack_expect_max",
.data = &nf_ct_expect_max,
.maxlen = sizeof(int),
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = &proc_dointvec,
},
{ .ctl_name = 0 }
};

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