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| -rw-r--r-- | net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c b/net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c index a75240f0d42..afaebc76693 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c +++ b/net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c @@ -125,6 +125,12 @@ tcpmss_mangle_packet(struct sk_buff *skb, skb_put(skb, TCPOLEN_MSS); + /* RFC 879 states that the default MSS is 536 without specific + * knowledge that the destination host is prepared to accept larger. + * Since no MSS was provided, we MUST NOT set a value > 536. + */ + newmss = min(newmss, (u16)536); + opt = (u_int8_t *)tcph + sizeof(struct tcphdr); memmove(opt + TCPOLEN_MSS, opt, tcplen - sizeof(struct tcphdr)); |