[LTP] [linux-next:master] [icmp] 64db5933c7: ltp.cve-2020-25705.fail

Eric Dumazet edumazet@google.com
Wed Mar 11 11:45:21 CET 2026


On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 11:33 AM Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz> wrote:
>
> Hi!
> > I do not want to know what this test is doing or expecting.
> >
> > If it expects sysctls to have a precise value, it should set them ?
>
> The test is a CVE reproducer that checks if ICMP message ratelimiting is
> sufficiently randomized so that we do not leak information about the
> system.
>
> See the test source code:
>
> https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltp/blob/master/testcases/cve/icmp_rate_limit01.c
>

This test needs to be tweaked/changed.

It has been written with wrong assumption.

(icmp_msgs_burst == 50)

Thanks.


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