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authorStephen Hemminger2005-11-04 01:33:23 +0100
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo2005-11-06 00:23:15 +0100
commit6df716340da3a6fdd33d73d7ed4c6f7590ca1c42 (patch)
tree1b3ba3d1a0a08b9b4eaa624a66414b87a70b6fe9 /net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
parent[NET]: Fix race condition in sk_stream_wait_connect (diff)
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[TCP/DCCP]: Randomize port selection
This patch randomizes the port selected on bind() for connections to help with possible security attacks. It should also be faster in most cases because there is no need for a global lock. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@mandriva.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c')
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c14
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
index 94468a76c5b4..3fe021f1a566 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
@@ -78,17 +78,9 @@ int inet_csk_get_port(struct inet_hashinfo *hashinfo,
int low = sysctl_local_port_range[0];
int high = sysctl_local_port_range[1];
int remaining = (high - low) + 1;
- int rover;
+ int rover = net_random() % (high - low) + low;
- spin_lock(&hashinfo->portalloc_lock);
- if (hashinfo->port_rover < low)
- rover = low;
- else
- rover = hashinfo->port_rover;
do {
- rover++;
- if (rover > high)
- rover = low;
head = &hashinfo->bhash[inet_bhashfn(rover, hashinfo->bhash_size)];
spin_lock(&head->lock);
inet_bind_bucket_for_each(tb, node, &head->chain)
@@ -97,9 +89,9 @@ int inet_csk_get_port(struct inet_hashinfo *hashinfo,
break;
next:
spin_unlock(&head->lock);
+ if (++rover > high)
+ rover = low;
} while (--remaining > 0);
- hashinfo->port_rover = rover;
- spin_unlock(&hashinfo->portalloc_lock);
/* Exhausted local port range during search? It is not
* possible for us to be holding one of the bind hash