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Merge branch 'tcp-robust-ooo'
authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 23 Jul 2018 19:01:36 +0000 (12:01 -0700)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 23 Jul 2018 19:01:48 +0000 (12:01 -0700)
commitac6e1dd173eced10fef3567890e26f51b59574e5
tree67c0e66dbb4895d1c03116df3a63896c67431680
parentc8bc38dd8455b7288c7245e9fec7a2291cca2f49
parent58aecd6228b044b3617b24c8553c0f030781be38
Merge branch 'tcp-robust-ooo'

Eric Dumazet says:

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Juha-Matti Tilli reported that malicious peers could inject tiny
packets in out_of_order_queue, forcing very expensive calls
to tcp_collapse_ofo_queue() and tcp_prune_ofo_queue() for
every incoming packet.

With tcp_rmem[2] default of 6MB, the ooo queue could
contain ~7000 nodes.

This patch series makes sure we cut cpu cycles enough to
render the attack not critical.

We might in the future go further, like disconnecting
or black-holing proven malicious flows.
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Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>