From: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>,
Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net 2/2] selftests/net: packetdrill: cover challenge ACK on SEG.ACK > SND.NXT
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:54:09 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260420025428.101192-3-jiayuan.chen@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260420025428.101192-1-jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
Exercise the RFC 5961 Section 5.2 / RFC 793 Section 3.9 requirement
on the upper edge of the acceptable ACK range, mirroring the existing
coverage of the SEG.ACK < SND.UNA - MAX.SND.WND case.
After the peer ACKs data the receiver has never sent, the receiver
must respond with <SEQ = SND.NXT, ACK = RCV.NXT, CTL = ACK> and drop
the offending segment. The script validates this exact response.
Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
---
.../tcp_rfc5961_ack-beyond-snd-nxt.pkt | 31 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/net/packetdrill/tcp_rfc5961_ack-beyond-snd-nxt.pkt
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/packetdrill/tcp_rfc5961_ack-beyond-snd-nxt.pkt b/tools/testing/selftests/net/packetdrill/tcp_rfc5961_ack-beyond-snd-nxt.pkt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..29d61a98d5ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/packetdrill/tcp_rfc5961_ack-beyond-snd-nxt.pkt
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+//
+// RFC 5961 Section 5.2 / RFC 793 Section 3.9: when a received
+// segment's SEG.ACK acknowledges data we have never sent
+// (SEG.ACK > SND.NXT), the receiver MUST discard the segment and
+// send a challenge ACK back.
+//
+// Complement the existing mitigation for the symmetric
+// (SEG.ACK < SND.UNA - MAX.SND.WND) case.
+
+`./defaults.sh`
+
+ // Open listener socket
+ 0 socket(..., SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP) = 3
+ +0 setsockopt(3, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, [1], 4) = 0
+ +0 bind(3, ..., ...) = 0
+ +0 listen(3, 1) = 0
+
+ // Three-way handshake
+ +0 < S 0:0(0) win 32792 <mss 1000,sackOK,nop,nop,nop,wscale 7>
+ +0 > S. 0:0(0) ack 1 <...>
+ +.1 < . 1:1(0) ack 1 win 257
+ +0 accept(3, ..., ...) = 4
+
+ // Server has sent no data yet: SND.UNA = SND.NXT = 1, RCV.NXT = 1.
+ // Peer sends a pure ACK with SEG.ACK = 2, which is > SND.NXT.
+ +0 < . 1:1(0) ack 2 win 257
+
+ // Expect an immediate challenge ACK:
+ // <SEQ = SND.NXT = 1, ACK = RCV.NXT = 1, CTL = ACK>
+ +0 > . 1:1(0) ack 1
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-20 2:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-20 2:54 [PATCH net 0/2] tcp: symmetric challenge ACK for SEG.ACK > SND.NXT Jiayuan Chen
2026-04-20 2:54 ` [PATCH net 1/2] tcp: send a challenge ACK on " Jiayuan Chen
2026-04-20 7:21 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-04-20 2:54 ` Jiayuan Chen [this message]
2026-04-20 7:22 ` [PATCH net 2/2] selftests/net: packetdrill: cover " Eric Dumazet
2026-04-20 15:24 ` [PATCH net 0/2] tcp: symmetric challenge ACK for " Jakub Kicinski
2026-04-20 15:38 ` Jiayuan Chen
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