From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Yong Wang <edragain@163.com>, Vega <vega@nebusec.ai>,
Ren Wei <weir@nebusec.ai>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.6.y 5/5] tcp: clamp route advmss to TCP_MIN_MSS
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 10:18:04 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260901141804.1031618-5-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260901141804.1031618-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Yong Wang <edragain@163.com>
[ Upstream commit 870a9e42ecc6fe1b8c25d87af043cb0d9c178fe1 ]
tcp_select_initial_window() assumes that callers never pass an MSS
smaller than 1, but route-derived advmss values can violate that
assumption.
A too-small explicit RTAX_ADVMSS is one way to get there, but it is not
the only one. The same divide-by-zero can also be reached through the
"default advmss" path when RTAX_ADVMSS is left at 0 and the effective
advmss is later driven down by route MTU and min_adv_mss.
Introduce a tcp_dst_advmss() helper that clamps route advmss to
TCP_MIN_MSS before TCP consumes it, and use it in the TCP paths that
derive advmss from dst metrics. This keeps the effective MSS from
dropping to zero before tcp_select_initial_window() rounds the receive
window.
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Vega <vega@nebusec.ai>
Signed-off-by: Yong Wang <edragain@163.com>
Signed-off-by: Ren Wei <weir@nebusec.ai>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/251eaf8277fa7c66364c9815c5da01662d269181.1787074852.git.edragain@163.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
include/net/tcp.h | 5 +++++
net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c | 2 +-
net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c | 2 +-
net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 6 +++---
net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c | 2 +-
5 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 23d830a7a6c82..8f411176b4180 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -1475,6 +1475,11 @@ static inline int tcp_full_space(const struct sock *sk)
return tcp_win_from_space(sk, READ_ONCE(sk->sk_rcvbuf));
}
+static inline u32 tcp_dst_advmss(const struct dst_entry *dst)
+{
+ return max_t(u32, dst_metric_advmss(dst), TCP_MIN_MSS);
+}
+
static inline void __tcp_adjust_rcv_ssthresh(struct sock *sk, u32 new_ssthresh)
{
int unused_mem = sk_unused_reserved_mem(sk);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index 97e3ce3e60f98..446e696fb31e7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -1624,7 +1624,7 @@ struct sock *tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
tcp_ca_openreq_child(newsk, dst);
tcp_sync_mss(newsk, dst4_mtu(dst));
- newtp->advmss = tcp_mss_clamp(tcp_sk(sk), dst_metric_advmss(dst));
+ newtp->advmss = tcp_mss_clamp(tcp_sk(sk), tcp_dst_advmss(dst));
tcp_initialize_rcv_mss(newsk);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
index 86f0feb2497f1..c5df72b548955 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ void tcp_openreq_init_rwin(struct request_sock *req,
u32 rcv_wnd;
int mss;
- mss = tcp_mss_clamp(tp, dst_metric_advmss(dst));
+ mss = tcp_mss_clamp(tp, tcp_dst_advmss(dst));
window_clamp = READ_ONCE(tp->window_clamp);
/* Set this up on the first call only */
req->rsk_window_clamp = window_clamp ? : dst_metric(dst, RTAX_WINDOW);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 5abad93d3c743..67b88a962079f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static __u16 tcp_advertise_mss(struct sock *sk)
int mss = tp->advmss;
if (dst) {
- unsigned int metric = dst_metric_advmss(dst);
+ unsigned int metric = tcp_dst_advmss(dst);
if (metric < mss) {
mss = metric;
@@ -3698,7 +3698,7 @@ struct sk_buff *tcp_make_synack(const struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst,
}
skb_dst_set(skb, dst);
- mss = tcp_mss_clamp(tp, dst_metric_advmss(dst));
+ mss = tcp_mss_clamp(tp, tcp_dst_advmss(dst));
memset(&opts, 0, sizeof(opts));
now = tcp_clock_ns();
@@ -3810,7 +3810,7 @@ static void tcp_connect_init(struct sock *sk)
if (!tp->window_clamp)
WRITE_ONCE(tp->window_clamp, dst_metric(dst, RTAX_WINDOW));
- tp->advmss = tcp_mss_clamp(tp, dst_metric_advmss(dst));
+ tp->advmss = tcp_mss_clamp(tp, tcp_dst_advmss(dst));
tcp_initialize_rcv_mss(sk);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index 243d398c35868..4a6a0d95af150 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -1341,7 +1341,7 @@ static struct sock *tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *
tcp_ca_openreq_child(newsk, dst);
tcp_sync_mss(newsk, dst6_mtu(dst));
- newtp->advmss = tcp_mss_clamp(tcp_sk(sk), dst_metric_advmss(dst));
+ newtp->advmss = tcp_mss_clamp(tcp_sk(sk), tcp_dst_advmss(dst));
tcp_initialize_rcv_mss(newsk);
--
2.53.0
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-31 12:53 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] tcp: clamp route advmss to TCP_MIN_MSS" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree gregkh
2026-09-01 14:18 ` [PATCH 6.6.y 1/5] ipv6: pass proto by value to ipv6_push_nfrag_opts() and ipv6_push_frag_opts() Sasha Levin
2026-09-01 14:18 ` [PATCH 6.6.y 2/5] inet: add dst4_mtu() and dst6_mtu() helpers Sasha Levin
2026-09-01 14:18 ` [PATCH 6.6.y 3/5] ipv6: use dst6_mtu() instead of dst_mtu() Sasha Levin
2026-09-01 14:18 ` [PATCH 6.6.y 4/5] ipv4: use dst4_mtu() " Sasha Levin
2026-09-01 14:18 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2026-09-30 14:10 ` [PATCH 6.6.y 5/5] tcp: clamp route advmss to TCP_MIN_MSS Greg KH
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