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[NETFILTER]: hashlimit match: fix random initialization
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hashlimit does:

        if (!ht->rnd)
                get_random_bytes(&ht->rnd, 4);

ignoring that 0 is also a valid random number.

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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kaber authored and David S. Miller committed Jun 18, 2006
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7 changes: 5 additions & 2 deletions net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_hashlimit.c
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Expand Up @@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ struct ipt_hashlimit_htable {
/* used internally */
spinlock_t lock; /* lock for list_head */
u_int32_t rnd; /* random seed for hash */
int rnd_initialized;
struct timer_list timer; /* timer for gc */
atomic_t count; /* number entries in table */

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -134,8 +135,10 @@ __dsthash_alloc_init(struct ipt_hashlimit_htable *ht, struct dsthash_dst *dst)

/* initialize hash with random val at the time we allocate
* the first hashtable entry */
if (!ht->rnd)
if (!ht->rnd_initialized) {
get_random_bytes(&ht->rnd, 4);
ht->rnd_initialized = 1;
}

if (ht->cfg.max &&
atomic_read(&ht->count) >= ht->cfg.max) {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -214,7 +217,7 @@ static int htable_create(struct ipt_hashlimit_info *minfo)

atomic_set(&hinfo->count, 0);
atomic_set(&hinfo->use, 1);
hinfo->rnd = 0;
hinfo->rnd_initialized = 0;
spin_lock_init(&hinfo->lock);
hinfo->pde = create_proc_entry(minfo->name, 0, hashlimit_procdir);
if (!hinfo->pde) {
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