From: Eric Dumazet <eric.duma...@gmail.com>
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This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release.
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-2.6.34.git
If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment.
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commit fdf5af0daf8019cec2396cdef8fb042d80fe71fa upstream.
Denys Fedoryshchenko reported that SYN+FIN attacks were bringing his
linux machines to their limits.
Dont call conn_request() if the TCP flags includes SYN flag
Reported-by: Denys Fedoryshchenko <de...@visp.net.lb>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.duma...@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <da...@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortma...@windriver.com>
---
net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index df5de7dd22d2..20af12ae55a7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -5737,6 +5737,8 @@ int tcp_rcv_state_process(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff
*skb,
goto discard;
if (th->syn) {
+ if (th->fin)
+ goto discard;
if (icsk->icsk_af_ops->conn_request(sk, skb) < 0)
return 1;
--
1.8.5.2
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