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| author | Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> | 2012-07-17 10:13:05 +0200 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2012-07-17 01:36:20 -0700 |
| commit | 282f23c6ee343126156dd41218b22ece96d747e3 (patch) | |
| tree | 9a306d99ed77d760078d29699edd3007507d709b /net/ipv4 | |
| parent | a858d64b7709ca7bd2ee71d66ef3b7190cdcbb7d (diff) | |
| download | linux-282f23c6ee343126156dd41218b22ece96d747e3.tar.bz2 | |
tcp: implement RFC 5961 3.2
Implement the RFC 5691 mitigation against Blind
Reset attack using RST bit.
Idea is to validate incoming RST sequence,
to match RCV.NXT value, instead of previouly accepted
window : (RCV.NXT <= SEG.SEQ < RCV.NXT+RCV.WND)
If sequence is in window but not an exact match, send
a "challenge ACK", so that the other part can resend an
RST with the appropriate sequence.
Add a new sysctl, tcp_challenge_ack_limit, to limit
number of challenge ACK sent per second.
Add a new SNMP counter to count number of challenge acks sent.
(netstat -s | grep TCPChallengeACK)
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Kiran Kumar Kella <kkiran@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv4')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/ipv4/proc.c | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 31 |
3 files changed, 38 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/proc.c b/net/ipv4/proc.c index dae25e7622cf..3e8e78f12a38 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/proc.c +++ b/net/ipv4/proc.c @@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ static const struct snmp_mib snmp4_net_list[] = { SNMP_MIB_ITEM("TCPOFOQueue", LINUX_MIB_TCPOFOQUEUE), SNMP_MIB_ITEM("TCPOFODrop", LINUX_MIB_TCPOFODROP), SNMP_MIB_ITEM("TCPOFOMerge", LINUX_MIB_TCPOFOMERGE), + SNMP_MIB_ITEM("TCPChallengeACK", LINUX_MIB_TCPCHALLENGEACK), SNMP_MIB_SENTINEL }; diff --git a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c index 70730f7aeafe..3f6a1e762e9c 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c +++ b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c @@ -605,6 +605,13 @@ static struct ctl_table ipv4_table[] = { .mode = 0644, .proc_handler = proc_dointvec }, + { + .procname = "tcp_challenge_ack_limit", + .data = &sysctl_tcp_challenge_ack_limit, + .maxlen = sizeof(int), + .mode = 0644, + .proc_handler = proc_dointvec + }, #ifdef CONFIG_NET_DMA { .procname = "tcp_dma_copybreak", diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c index cc4e12f1f2f7..c841a8990377 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; @@ -5247,6 +5250,23 @@ 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. */ @@ -5283,7 +5303,16 @@ 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; } |