[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 <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
This commit is contained in:
Stephen Hemminger 2005-11-03 16:33:23 -08:00 • committed by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
commit 6df716340d
6 changed files with 10 additions and 56 deletions

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@ -114,16 +114,9 @@ static int tcp_v6_get_port(struct sock *sk, unsigned short snum)
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(&tcp_hashinfo.portalloc_lock);
if (tcp_hashinfo.port_rover < low)
rover = low;
else
rover = tcp_hashinfo.port_rover;
do { rover++;
if (rover > high)
rover = low;
do {
head = &tcp_hashinfo.bhash[inet_bhashfn(rover, tcp_hashinfo.bhash_size)];
spin_lock(&head->lock);
inet_bind_bucket_for_each(tb, node, &head->chain)
@ -132,9 +125,9 @@ static int tcp_v6_get_port(struct sock *sk, unsigned short snum)
break;
next:
spin_unlock(&head->lock);
if (++rover > high)
rover = low;
} while (--remaining > 0);
tcp_hashinfo.port_rover = rover;
spin_unlock(&tcp_hashinfo.portalloc_lock);
/* Exhausted local port range during search? It is not
* possible for us to be holding one of the bind hash