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Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv4/icmp.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/ipv4/icmp.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/icmp.c b/net/ipv4/icmp.c index 07f67ced962a..005faea415a4 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/icmp.c +++ b/net/ipv4/icmp.c @@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ static struct { /** * icmp_global_allow - Are we allowed to send one more ICMP message ? * - * Uses a token bucket to limit our ICMP messages to sysctl_icmp_msgs_per_sec. + * Uses a token bucket to limit our ICMP messages to ~sysctl_icmp_msgs_per_sec. * Returns false if we reached the limit and can not send another packet. * Note: called with BH disabled */ @@ -267,7 +267,10 @@ bool icmp_global_allow(void) } credit = min_t(u32, icmp_global.credit + incr, sysctl_icmp_msgs_burst); if (credit) { - credit--; + /* We want to use a credit of one in average, but need to randomize + * it for security reasons. + */ + credit = max_t(int, credit - prandom_u32_max(3), 0); rc = true; } WRITE_ONCE(icmp_global.credit, credit); |