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add mq_attr_ok() helper

From:  Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>
To:  linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject:  [PATCH 9/11] add mq_attr_ok() helper
Date:  Tue, 11 May 2004 02:00:02 -0700
Cc:  akpm@osdl.org, torvalds@osdl.org, marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com

Add helper function mq_attr_ok() to do mq_attr sanity checking, and do
some extra overlow checking.

--- 2.6-rlimit/ipc/mqueue.c~mqueue_rlimit	2004-05-10 22:28:43.137833864 -0700
+++ 2.6-rlimit/ipc/mqueue.c	2004-05-10 22:30:44.530379392 -0700
@@ -534,6 +534,28 @@
 	info->notify_owner = 0;
 }
 
+static int mq_attr_ok(struct mq_attr *attr)
+{
+	if (attr->mq_maxmsg <= 0 || attr->mq_msgsize <= 0)
+		return 0;
+	if (capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE)) {
+		if (attr->mq_maxmsg > HARD_MSGMAX)
+			return 0;
+	} else {
+		if (attr->mq_maxmsg > msg_max ||
+				attr->mq_msgsize > msgsize_max)
+			return 0;
+	}
+	/* check for overflow */
+	if (attr->mq_msgsize > ULONG_MAX/attr->mq_maxmsg)
+		return 0;
+	if ((unsigned long)(attr->mq_maxmsg * attr->mq_msgsize) +
+	    (attr->mq_maxmsg * sizeof (struct msg_msg *)) <
+	    (unsigned long)(attr->mq_maxmsg * attr->mq_msgsize))
+		return 0;
+	return 1;
+}
+
 /*
  * Invoked when creating a new queue via sys_mq_open
  */
@@ -547,17 +569,8 @@
 	if (u_attr != NULL) {
 		if (copy_from_user(&attr, u_attr, sizeof(attr)))
 			return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
-
-		if (attr.mq_maxmsg <= 0 || attr.mq_msgsize <= 0)
+		if (!mq_attr_ok(&attr))
 			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-		if (capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE)) {
-			if (attr.mq_maxmsg > HARD_MSGMAX)
-				return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-		} else {
-			if (attr.mq_maxmsg > msg_max ||
-					attr.mq_msgsize > msgsize_max)
-				return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-		}
 		/* store for use during create */
 		dentry->d_fsdata = &attr;
 	}
-
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