[PATCH 6.1 1107/1191] net/sched: fq_pie: clamp default quantum to avoid signed overflow

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Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date
2026-09-12 16:56:22
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Greg Kroah-Hartman, 2026-09-12
6.1-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>

[ Upstream commit c86cd7ed0b0e44779a3d1683f03e4353baf4bdc9 ]

fq_pie_init() sets q->quantum = psched_mtu(qdisc_dev(sch)) without
clamping. A device with a huge MTU (e.g. dummy with max_mtu == 0
accepting MTU 2147483634) makes psched_mtu() return 0x80000000, which
overflows the signed flow->deficit to INT_MIN in fq_pie_qdisc_dequeue(),
causing an infinite loop and soft lockup. Emulate fq_pie_policy which
is already bounded to [1, 1 << 20]; clamp the default to [256, 1 << 20].
256 matches fq_codel's floor and is a sane minimum for a DRR quantum.

Conditions to recreate the bug: a device whose MTU (plus
hard_header_len) wraps psched_mtu() into the sign bit (e.g. a dummy
device with max_mtu == 0 accepting MTU 2147483634). Requires
CAP_NET_ADMIN in a user namespace.

Fixes: ec97ecf1ebe4 ("net: sched: add Flow Queue PIE packet scheduler")
Reported-by: <redacted>
Tested-by: Victor Nogueira <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260822195509.112717-5-jhs@mojatatu.com (local)
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 net/sched/sch_fq_pie.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_fq_pie.c b/net/sched/sch_fq_pie.c
index 4bd5ca9acc53f..fc57b1daa235a 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_fq_pie.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_fq_pie.c
@@ -416,7 +416,8 @@ static int fq_pie_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt,
 	pie_params_init(&q->p_params);
 	sch->limit = 10 * 1024;
 	q->p_params.limit = sch->limit;
-	q->quantum = psched_mtu(qdisc_dev(sch));
+	q->quantum = clamp_t(u32, psched_mtu(qdisc_dev(sch)),
+			     256, 1 << 20);
 	q->sch = sch;
 	q->ecn_prob = 10;
 	q->flows_cnt = 1024;
-- 
2.53.0


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