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    tcp: Reject invalid ack_seq to Fast Open sockets · 37561f68
    Jerry Chu authored
    A packet with an invalid ack_seq may cause a TCP Fast Open socket to switch
    to the unexpected TCP_CLOSING state, triggering a BUG_ON kernel panic.
    
    When a FIN packet with an invalid ack_seq# arrives at a socket in
    the TCP_FIN_WAIT1 state, rather than discarding the packet, the current
    code will accept the FIN, causing state transition to TCP_CLOSING.
    
    This may be a small deviation from RFC793, which seems to say that the
    packet should be dropped. Unfortunately I did not expect this case for
    Fast Open hence it will trigger a BUG_ON panic.
    
    It turns out there is really nothing bad about a TFO socket going into
    TCP_CLOSING state so I could just remove the BUG_ON statements. But after
    some thought I think it's better to treat this case like TCP_SYN_RECV
    and return a RST to the confused peer who caused the unacceptable ack_seq
    to be generated in the first place.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarH.K. Jerry Chu <hkchu@google.com>
    Cc: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
    Cc: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarYuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarNeal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
    37561f68
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