From 6439461f1618ae176c048673ad28bdb6c68efbfc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jamal Hadi Salim Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 15:55:06 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] net/sched: sch_codel: clamp default mtu to avoid disabling CoDel codel_init() sets q->params.mtu = 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. In codel_should_drop() the test "*backlog <= params->mtu" then compares the backlog against ~2 GiB; with the default sch->limit of DEFAULT_CODEL_LIMIT (1000) packets the backlog can never reach it, so the test is always true and CoDel is silently and completely disabled i.e no drops, no ECN marking, codel degrades to a tail-drop FIFO. codel_change() never updates params.mtu, so the init path is the only place to clamp it. Constrain to [256, 1 << 20], matching the fq_codel bound; 256 is a sane floor that only makes CoDel slightly more willing to act on very small queues, which is the safe direction. 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: 76e3cc126bb2 ("codel: Controlled Delay AQM") Reported-by: vega@nebusec.ai Tested-by: Victor Nogueira Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260822195509.112717-4-jhs@mojatatu.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni --- net/sched/sch_codel.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/sched/sch_codel.c b/net/sched/sch_codel.c index cacf5244958e..6aa5829d6961 100644 --- a/net/sched/sch_codel.c +++ b/net/sched/sch_codel.c @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static int codel_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt, codel_params_init(&q->params); codel_vars_init(&q->vars); codel_stats_init(&q->stats); - q->params.mtu = psched_mtu(qdisc_dev(sch)); + q->params.mtu = clamp_t(u32, psched_mtu(qdisc_dev(sch)), 256, 1 << 20); if (opt) { int err = codel_change(sch, opt, extack);