netfilter: x_tables: add counters allocation wrapper

allows to have size checks in a single spot.
This is supposed to reduce oom situations when fuzz-testing xtables.

Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
diff --git a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
index 01f8e12..82b1f8f 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
@@ -1290,6 +1290,21 @@ static int xt_jumpstack_alloc(struct xt_table_info *i)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+struct xt_counters *xt_counters_alloc(unsigned int counters)
+{
+	struct xt_counters *mem;
+
+	if (counters == 0 || counters > INT_MAX / sizeof(*mem))
+		return NULL;
+
+	counters *= sizeof(*mem);
+	if (counters > XT_MAX_TABLE_SIZE)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return vzalloc(counters);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(xt_counters_alloc);
+
 struct xt_table_info *
 xt_replace_table(struct xt_table *table,
 	      unsigned int num_counters,