tcp: enforce tcp_min_snd_mss in tcp_mtu_probing()
authorEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Mon, 17 Jun 2019 17:03:54 +0000 (10:03 -0700)
committerSalvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
Thu, 18 Jul 2019 22:23:17 +0000 (23:23 +0100)
commit07440cfb13db23d491fbf4c1d08a9c009f579b0d
tree4475d1795adb0827c86f0bae97bb81fa20120588
parent13141df1444fae4c01a9b695ce4e8a30429b324c
tcp: enforce tcp_min_snd_mss in tcp_mtu_probing()

If mtu probing is enabled tcp_mtu_probing() could very well end up
with a too small MSS.

Use the new sysctl tcp_min_snd_mss to make sure MSS search
is performed in an acceptable range.

CVE-2019-11479 -- tcp mss hardcoded to 48

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reported-by: Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@gmail.com>
Cc: Jonathan Looney <jtl@netflix.com>
Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Cc: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com>
Cc: Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@canonical.com>
Cc: Bruce Curtis <brucec@netflix.com>
Acked-by: Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@canonical.com>
Gbp-Pq: Topic bugfix/all
Gbp-Pq: Name tcp-enforce-tcp_min_snd_mss-in-tcp_mtu_probing.patch
net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c