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[net,04/10] ipvs: bound LBLCR and LBLC cache growth

Message ID 20260930074142.298353-5-pablo@netfilter.org
State Accepted
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Series [net,01/10] netfilter: ipset: do not update comments from kernel-side adds | expand

Commit Message

Pablo Neira Ayuso Sept. 30, 2026, 7:41 a.m. UTC 
From: Zhiling Zou <zhilinz@nebusec.ai>

ip_vs_lblcr_new() and ip_vs_lblc_new() create cache entries for
every previously unseen destination address. The table max_size only
tells the periodic collector to reclaim entries after the cache has
already exceeded the limit. It does not reclaim entries that the
attacker continues to use.

Reject new cache entries once either table reaches max_size * 3 / 2.
The extra headroom lets the periodic collector catch up while the
existing scheduler fallback continues to use the selected destination
when cache creation fails. New traffic therefore stays serviceable
without growing the tables further.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Vega <vega@nebusec.ai>
Suggested-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>
Signed-off-by: Zhiling Zou <zhilinz@nebusec.ai>
Acked-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
 net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_lblc.c  | 3 +++
 net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_lblcr.c | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_lblc.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_lblc.c
index a2b574904f13..55af77a56929 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_lblc.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_lblc.c
@@ -205,6 +205,9 @@  ip_vs_lblc_new(struct ip_vs_lblc_table *tbl, const union nf_inet_addr *daddr,
 		ip_vs_lblc_del(en);
 		atomic_dec(&tbl->entries);
 	}
+	if (atomic_read(&tbl->entries) >= tbl->max_size * 3 / 2)
+		return NULL;
+
 	en = kmalloc_obj(*en, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!en)
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_lblcr.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_lblcr.c
index f53f05ceea36..858393b1d2d1 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_lblcr.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_lblcr.c
@@ -363,6 +363,9 @@  ip_vs_lblcr_new(struct ip_vs_lblcr_table *tbl, const union nf_inet_addr *daddr,
 
 	en = ip_vs_lblcr_get(af, tbl, daddr);
 	if (!en) {
+		if (atomic_read(&tbl->entries) >= tbl->max_size * 3 / 2)
+			return NULL;
+
 		en = kmalloc_obj(*en, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!en)
 			return NULL;