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tcp: enforce tcp_min_snd_mss in tcp_mtu_probing()
authorEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Sun, 16 Jun 2019 00:47:27 +0000 (17:47 -0700)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Mon, 17 Jun 2019 17:52:45 +0000 (19:52 +0200)
commitf2aa4f1a05e0987e812809dbc489bd294fdae5ae
treec1be08c0b6af94c31a9b6fff448a881461d28e0f
parentcd6f35b8421ff20365ff711c0ac7647fd70e9af7
tcp: enforce tcp_min_snd_mss in tcp_mtu_probing()

commit 967c05aee439e6e5d7d805e195b3a20ef5c433d6 upstream.

If mtu probing is enabled tcp_mtu_probing() could very well end up
with a too small MSS.

Use the new sysctl tcp_min_snd_mss to make sure MSS search
is performed in an acceptable range.

CVE-2019-11479 -- tcp mss hardcoded to 48

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reported-by: Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@gmail.com>
Cc: Jonathan Looney <jtl@netflix.com>
Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Cc: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com>
Cc: Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@canonical.com>
Cc: Bruce Curtis <brucec@netflix.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c