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-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/proc.c1
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c7
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/tcp_input.c31
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;
}