From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
To: "David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>,
Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@gmail.com,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Simon Baatz <gmbnomis@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] tcp: refine tcp_sequence() for the FIN exception
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2026 15:14:52 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260608151452.706822-1-edumazet@google.com> (raw)
Commit 0e24d17bd966 ("tcp: implement RFC 7323 window retraction
receiver requirements") removed the special FIN case that
was added in commit 1e3bb184e941 ("tcp: re-enable acceptance of
FIN packets when RWIN is 0").
If a peer sends a segment containing data and a FIN flag before
it learns about our window retraction and has a buggy TCP stack,
it might place the FIN one byte beyond what it thinks is the
right edge of the window (i.e., max_window_edge + 1).
The data portion (end_seq - th->fin) will end exactly at max_window_edge.
In this case, we will drop the packet if our receive queue is not empty,
even though the data was sent within the window we previously allowed.
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Simon Baatz <gmbnomis@gmail.com>
---
net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index ab7a4e5435a8a2cbb532d42c54af76d8541c903b..8560a9c6d38207c098d673497caf2c7652c36f5c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -4812,18 +4812,20 @@ static enum skb_drop_reason tcp_sequence(const struct sock *sk,
const struct tcphdr *th)
{
const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
+ u32 seq_limit;
if (before(end_seq, tp->rcv_wup))
return SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_OLD_SEQUENCE;
- if (unlikely(after(end_seq, tp->rcv_nxt + tcp_max_receive_window(tp)))) {
+ seq_limit = tp->rcv_nxt + tcp_max_receive_window(tp);
+ if (unlikely(after(end_seq, seq_limit))) {
/* Some stacks are known to handle FIN incorrectly; allow the
* FIN to extend beyond the window and check it in detail later.
*/
- if (!after(end_seq - th->fin, tp->rcv_nxt + tcp_receive_window(tp)))
+ if (!after(end_seq - th->fin, seq_limit))
return SKB_NOT_DROPPED_YET;
- if (after(seq, tp->rcv_nxt + tcp_max_receive_window(tp)))
+ if (after(seq, seq_limit))
return SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_INVALID_SEQUENCE;
/* Only accept this packet if receive queue is empty. */
--
2.54.0.1032.g2f8565e1d1-goog
next reply other threads:[~2026-06-08 15:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-08 15:14 Eric Dumazet [this message]
2026-06-08 15:18 ` [PATCH net-next] tcp: refine tcp_sequence() for the FIN exception Neal Cardwell
2026-06-08 17:28 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
2026-06-08 22:12 ` Simon Baatz
2026-06-09 0:45 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-06-09 14:56 ` Simon Baatz
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