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SubjectRe: [PATCH 4.19] inet: use bigger hash table for IP ID generation (backported to 4.19)
On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 01:19:18AM -0700, Amit Klein wrote:
> Subject: inet: use bigger hash table for IP ID generation (backported to 4.19)
> From: Amit Klein <aksecurity@gmail.com>
>
> This is a backport to 4.19 of the following patch, originally
> developed by Eric Dumazet.
>
> In commit 73f156a6e8c1 ("inetpeer: get rid of ip_id_count")
> I used a very small hash table that could be abused
> by patient attackers to reveal sensitive information.
>
> Switch to a dynamic sizing, depending on RAM size.
>
> Typical big hosts will now use 128x more storage (2 MB)
> to get a similar increase in security and reduction
> of hash collisions.
>
> As a bonus, use of alloc_large_system_hash() spreads
> allocated memory among all NUMA nodes.
>
> Fixes: 73f156a6e8c1 ("inetpeer: get rid of ip_id_count")
> Reported-by: Amit Klein <aksecurity@gmail.com>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
> Cc: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
> ---
> net/ipv4/route.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
> 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
> (limited to 'net/ipv4/route.c')

I had to dig up what the upstream git commit id was for this, please
specify it next time :(

I've queued this, and the 4.14 version up. Can you create a 4.4.y and
4.9.y version as well?

thanks,

greg k-h

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