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-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/tcp_input.c31
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 3acebbd15ba..390541858e4 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ int sysctl_tcp_app_win __read_mostly = 31;
int sysctl_tcp_adv_win_scale __read_mostly = 1;
EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysctl_tcp_adv_win_scale);
+/* rfc5961 challenge ack rate limiting */
+int sysctl_tcp_challenge_ack_limit = 100;
+
int sysctl_tcp_stdurg __read_mostly;
int sysctl_tcp_rfc1337 __read_mostly;
int sysctl_tcp_max_orphans __read_mostly = NR_FILE;
@@ -5265,6 +5268,23 @@ out:
}
#endif /* CONFIG_NET_DMA */
+static void tcp_send_challenge_ack(struct sock *sk)
+{
+ /* unprotected vars, we dont care of overwrites */
+ static u32 challenge_timestamp;
+ static unsigned int challenge_count;
+ u32 now = jiffies / HZ;
+
+ if (now != challenge_timestamp) {
+ challenge_timestamp = now;
+ challenge_count = 0;
+ }
+ if (++challenge_count <= sysctl_tcp_challenge_ack_limit) {
+ NET_INC_STATS_BH(sock_net(sk), LINUX_MIB_TCPCHALLENGEACK);
+ tcp_send_ack(sk);
+ }
+}
+
/* Does PAWS and seqno based validation of an incoming segment, flags will
* play significant role here.
*/
@@ -5301,7 +5321,16 @@ static int tcp_validate_incoming(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
/* Step 2: check RST bit */
if (th->rst) {
- tcp_reset(sk);
+ /* RFC 5961 3.2 :
+ * If sequence number exactly matches RCV.NXT, then
+ * RESET the connection
+ * else
+ * Send a challenge ACK
+ */
+ if (TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->seq == tp->rcv_nxt)
+ tcp_reset(sk);
+ else
+ tcp_send_challenge_ack(sk);
goto discard;
}