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[PATCH net] net: ipv4: add zero check for snd_cwnd_clamp

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From: Kaho Jiang <hidden>
Date: 2026-10-13 01:18:59
Also in: lkml, stable
Subsystem: networking [general], networking [tcp], the rest · Maintainers: "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Neal Cardwell, Linus Torvalds

User can pass zero to snd_cwnd_clamp via RTAX_CWND type.
This could lead to division of zero error if not checked properly.

Oops: divide error: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 tcp_reno_cong_avoid (net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c:510 (discriminator 1))
 tcp_ack (net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:3517 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:3873 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:4440)
 tcp_rcv_established (net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:6685)
 tcp_v4_do_rcv (net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:1854)
 tcp_v4_rcv (net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:2248)
 ip_protocol_deliver_rcu (net/ipv4/ip_input.c:207 (discriminator 1))
 ip_local_deliver_finish (net/ipv4/ip_input.c:241 (discriminator 1))
 ip_local_deliver (./include/linux/netfilter.h:325 ./include/linux/netfilter.h:319 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:262)
 ip_rcv (./include/net/dst.h:481 (discriminator 6) net/ipv4/ip_input.c:492 (discriminator 6) ./include/linux/netfilter.h:325 (discriminator 6) ./include/li)
 __netif_receive_skb_one_core (net/core/dev.c:6297 (discriminator 4))
 __netif_receive_skb (net/core/dev.c:6410)
 process_backlog (net/core/dev.c:6761)
 __napi_poll.constprop.0 (net/core/dev.c:7830)
 net_rx_action (net/core/dev.c:7893 net/core/dev.c:8050)
 handle_softirqs (kernel/softirq.c:645)
 __irq_exit_rcu (kernel/softirq.c:679 kernel/softirq.c:519 kernel/softirq.c:758)
 irq_exit_rcu (kernel/softirq.c:775)
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt (arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1062 (discriminator 35) arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1062 (discriminator 35))
RIP: 0010:tcp_cong_avoid_ai (net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c:482)

Fix by checking if user pass in zero as parameter,
if so use the default value of snd_cwnd_clamp.

Fixes: 51c5d0c4b169 ("tcp: Maintain dynamic metrics in local cache.")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: co+71b6509cb791e531@bugs.sh
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Kaho Jiang <redacted>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c
index dc0c081fc1f3..ff41804ad086 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c
@@ -484,8 +484,11 @@ void tcp_init_metrics(struct sock *sk)
 		goto reset;
 	}
 
-	if (tcp_metric_locked(tm, TCP_METRIC_CWND))
-		tp->snd_cwnd_clamp = tcp_metric_get(tm, TCP_METRIC_CWND);
+	if (tcp_metric_locked(tm, TCP_METRIC_CWND)) {
+		val = tcp_metric_get(tm, TCP_METRIC_CWND);
+		if (val)
+			tp->snd_cwnd_clamp = val;
+	}
 
 	val = READ_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_no_ssthresh_metrics_save) ?
 	      0 : tcp_metric_get(tm, TCP_METRIC_SSTHRESH);
-- 
2.43.0
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