Re: [PATCH v2] NFSv4: prevent integer overflow while calling nfs4_set_lease_period()

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On 7/1/25 11:35 PM, Sergey Shtylyov wrote:

> The nfs_client::cl_lease_time field (as well as the jiffies variable it's
> used with) is declared as *unsigned long*, which is 32-bit type on 32-bit
> arches and 64-bit type on 64-bit arches. When nfs4_set_lease_period() that
> sets nfs_client::cl_lease_time is called, 32-bit nfs_fsinfo::lease_time
> field is multiplied by HZ -- that might overflow before being implicitly
> cast to *unsigned long*. Actually, there's no need to multiply by HZ at all
> the call sites of nfs4_set_lease_period() -- it makes more sense to do that
> once, inside that function, calling check_mul_overflow() and capping result
> at ULONG_MAX on actual overflow...
> 
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with the Svace static
> analysis tool.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@xxxxxx>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> ---
> The patch is against the master branch of Trond Myklebust's linux-nfs.git repo.
> 
> Changes in version 2:
> - made use of check_mul_overflow() instead of mul_u32_u32();
> - capped the multiplication result at ULONG_MAX instead of returning -ERANGE,
>   keeping nfs4_set_lease_period() *void*;
> - rewrote the patch description accordingly.

   Forgot to say that I had to adjust the patch description to make it clear
that the overflow happens on 64-bit arches as well...

[...]

MBR, Sergey





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