Thread (4 messages) 4 messages, 4 authors, 2020-01-02

Re: [PATCH] tcp: fix "old stuff" D-SACK causing SACK to be treated as D-SACK

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2020-01-02 23:43:08
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From: Pengcheng Yang <redacted>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 17:54:41 +0800
When we receive a D-SACK, where the sequence number satisfies:
	undo_marker <= start_seq < end_seq <= prior_snd_una
we consider this is a valid D-SACK and tcp_is_sackblock_valid()
returns true, then this D-SACK is discarded as "old stuff",
but the variable first_sack_index is not marked as negative
in tcp_sacktag_write_queue().

If this D-SACK also carries a SACK that needs to be processed
(for example, the previous SACK segment was lost), this SACK
will be treated as a D-SACK in the following processing of
tcp_sacktag_write_queue(), which will eventually lead to
incorrect updates of undo_retrans and reordering.

Fixes: fd6dad616d4f ("[TCP]: Earlier SACK block verification & simplify access to them")
Signed-off-by: Pengcheng Yang <redacted>
Applied and queued up for -stable, thank you.
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