From f451931e294c83d811783799f8a6c29929fc8e85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Dumazet Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:29:30 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] tcp: refine SYN handling in tcp_validate_incoming [ Upstream commit e371589917011efe6ff8c7dfb4e9e81934ac5855 ] Followup of commit 0c24604b68fc (tcp: implement RFC 5961 4.2) As reported by Vijay Subramanian, we should send a challenge ACK instead of a dup ack if a SYN flag is set on a packet received out of window. This permits the ratelimiting to work as intended, and to increase correct SNMP counters. Suggested-by: Vijay Subramanian Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Acked-by: Vijay Subramanian Cc: Kiran Kumar Kella Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c index 2dc2e15..0070b9f 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c @@ -5314,8 +5314,11 @@ static bool tcp_validate_incoming(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, * an acknowledgment should be sent in reply (unless the RST * bit is set, if so drop the segment and return)". */ - if (!th->rst) + if (!th->rst) { + if (th->syn) + goto syn_challenge; tcp_send_dupack(sk, skb); + } goto discard; } @@ -5345,6 +5348,7 @@ static bool tcp_validate_incoming(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, * RFC 5691 4.2 : Send a challenge ack */ if (th->syn) { +syn_challenge: if (syn_inerr) TCP_INC_STATS_BH(sock_net(sk), TCP_MIB_INERRS); NET_INC_STATS_BH(sock_net(sk), LINUX_MIB_TCPSYNCHALLENGE); -- 2.7.4