Return-Path: Message-Id: <20130113174304.756429461@decadent.org.uk> Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:43:38 +0000 From: Ben Hutchings To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, Eric Dumazet , Neal Cardwell , Yuchung Cheng , Nandita Dukkipati , "H.K. Jerry Chu" , Romain Francoise , "David S. Miller" Subject: [ 43/49] tcp: tcp_replace_ts_recent() should not be called from tcp_validate_incoming() In-Reply-To: <20130113174255.736888844@decadent.org.uk> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 3.2-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Eric Dumazet [ Upstream commit bd090dfc634ddd711a5fbd0cadc6e0ab4977bcaf ] We added support for RFC 5961 in latest kernels but TCP fails to perform exhaustive check of ACK sequence. We can update our view of peer tsval from a frame that is later discarded by tcp_ack() This makes timestamps enabled sessions vulnerable to injection of a high tsval : peers start an ACK storm, since the victim sends a dupack each time it receives an ACK from the other peer. As tcp_validate_incoming() is called before tcp_ack(), we should not peform tcp_replace_ts_recent() from it, and let callers do it at the right time. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Cc: Neal Cardwell Cc: Yuchung Cheng Cc: Nandita Dukkipati Cc: H.K. Jerry Chu Cc: Romain Francoise Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 15 ++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c index de434bc..b75cb85 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c @@ -5312,11 +5312,6 @@ static bool tcp_validate_incoming(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, goto discard; } - /* ts_recent update must be made after we are sure that the packet - * is in window. - */ - tcp_replace_ts_recent(tp, TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->seq); - /* step 3: check security and precedence [ignored] */ /* step 4: Check for a SYN @@ -5551,6 +5546,11 @@ step5: if (th->ack && tcp_ack(sk, skb, FLAG_SLOWPATH) < 0) goto discard; + /* ts_recent update must be made after we are sure that the packet + * is in window. + */ + tcp_replace_ts_recent(tp, TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->seq); + tcp_rcv_rtt_measure_ts(sk, skb); /* Process urgent data. */ @@ -6021,6 +6021,11 @@ int tcp_rcv_state_process(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, } else goto discard; + /* ts_recent update must be made after we are sure that the packet + * is in window. + */ + tcp_replace_ts_recent(tp, TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->seq); + /* step 6: check the URG bit */ tcp_urg(sk, skb, th);