decode: make packet_alert_max configurable

The maximum of possible alerts triggered by a unique packet was
hardcoded to 15. With usage of 'noalert' rules, that limit could be
reached somewhat easily. Make that configurable via suricata.yaml.

Conf Bug#4941

Task #4207

src/decode.c

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2022 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -74,6 +74,26 @@ extern bool stats_decoder_events;
 extern const char *stats_decoder_events_prefix;
 extern bool stats_stream_events;
 uint8_t decoder_max_layers = PKT_DEFAULT_MAX_DECODED_LAYERS;
+uint16_t packet_alert_max = PACKET_ALERT_MAX;
+
+/**
+ * \brief Initialize PacketAlerts with dynamic alerts array size
+ *
+ */
+PacketAlert *PacketAlertCreate(void)
+{
+    PacketAlert *pa_array = SCCalloc(packet_alert_max, sizeof(PacketAlert));
+    BUG_ON(pa_array == NULL);
+
+    return pa_array;
+}
+
+void PacketAlertFree(PacketAlert *pa)
+{
+    if (pa != NULL) {
+        SCFree(pa);
+    }
+}
 
 static int DecodeTunnel(ThreadVars *, DecodeThreadVars *, Packet *, const uint8_t *, uint32_t,
         enum DecodeTunnelProto) WARN_UNUSED;
@@ -781,6 +801,21 @@ void DecodeGlobalConfig(void)
             decoder_max_layers = value;
         }
     }
+    PacketAlertGetMaxConfig();
+}
+
+void PacketAlertGetMaxConfig(void)
+{
+    intmax_t max = 0;
+    if (ConfGetInt("packet-alert-max", &max) == 1) {
+        if (max <= 0 || max > UINT8_MAX) {
+            SCLogWarning(SC_ERR_INVALID_VALUE,
+                    "Invalid value for packet-alert-max, default value set instead");
+        } else {
+            packet_alert_max = max;
+        }
+    }
+    SCLogDebug("detect->packet_alert_max set to %d", packet_alert_max);
 }
 
 /**

src/decode.h

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2020 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2022 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -299,16 +299,21 @@ typedef struct PacketAlert_ {
 /** alert is in a frame, frame_id set */
 #define PACKET_ALERT_FLAG_FRAME 0x20
 
+extern uint16_t packet_alert_max;
 #define PACKET_ALERT_MAX 15
 
 typedef struct PacketAlerts_ {
     uint16_t cnt;
-    PacketAlert alerts[PACKET_ALERT_MAX];
+    PacketAlert *alerts;
     /* single pa used when we're dropping,
      * so we can log it out in the drop log. */
     PacketAlert drop;
 } PacketAlerts;
 
+PacketAlert *PacketAlertCreate(void);
+
+void PacketAlertFree(PacketAlert *pa);
+
 /** number of decoder events we support per packet. Power of 2 minus 1
  *  for memory layout */
 #define PACKET_ENGINE_EVENT_MAX 15
@@ -760,11 +765,13 @@ void CaptureStatsSetup(ThreadVars *tv, CaptureStats *s);
 /**
  *  \brief Initialize a packet structure for use.
  */
-#define PACKET_INITIALIZE(p) {         \
+#define PACKET_INITIALIZE(p)                                                                       \
-    SCMutexInit(&(p)->tunnel_mutex, NULL); \
+    {                                                                                              \
-    PACKET_RESET_CHECKSUMS((p)); \
+        SCMutexInit(&(p)->tunnel_mutex, NULL);                                                     \
-    (p)->livedev = NULL; \
+        (p)->alerts.alerts = PacketAlertCreate();                                                  \
-}
+        PACKET_RESET_CHECKSUMS((p));                                                               \
+        (p)->livedev = NULL;                                                                       \
+    }
 
 #define PACKET_RELEASE_REFS(p) do {              \
         FlowDeReference(&((p)->flow));          \
@@ -862,6 +869,7 @@ void CaptureStatsSetup(ThreadVars *tv, CaptureStats *s);
         if ((p)->pktvar != NULL) {                                                                 \
             PktVarFree((p)->pktvar);                                                               \
         }                                                                                          \
+        PacketAlertFree((p)->alerts.alerts);                                                       \
         PACKET_FREE_EXTDATA((p));                                                                  \
         SCMutexDestroy(&(p)->tunnel_mutex);                                                        \
         AppLayerDecoderEventsFreeEvents(&(p)->app_layer_events);                                   \
@@ -1017,6 +1025,7 @@ void AddressDebugPrint(Address *);
 typedef int (*DecoderFunc)(ThreadVars *tv, DecodeThreadVars *dtv, Packet *p,
          const uint8_t *pkt, uint32_t len);
 void DecodeGlobalConfig(void);
+void PacketAlertGetMaxConfig(void);
 void DecodeUnregisterCounters(void);
 
 /** \brief Set the No payload inspection Flag for the packet.

src/detect-engine-alert.c

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2021 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2022 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free

suricata.yaml.in

@@ -1180,6 +1180,10 @@ legacy:
 #   - reject
 #   - alert
 
+# Define maximum number of possible alerts that can be triggered for the same
+# packet. Default is 15
+#packet-alert-max: 15
+
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