On 2019-06-17 10:03:54, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> 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 <eduma...@google.com>
> Reported-by: Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.le...@gmail.com>
> Cc: Jonathan Looney <j...@netflix.com>
> Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardw...@google.com>
> Cc: Yuchung Cheng <ych...@google.com>
> Cc: Tyler Hicks <tyhi...@canonical.com>

As mentioned for the other sysctl patch, I've given the two sysctl
patches a close review and some testing.

Acked-by: Tyler Hicks <tyhi...@canonical.com>

Tyler

> Cc: Bruce Curtis <bru...@netflix.com>
> ---
>  net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
> index 
> 5bad937ce779ef8dca42a26dcbb5f1d60a571c73..c801cd37cc2a9c11f2dd4b9681137755e501a538
>  100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
> @@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ static void tcp_mtu_probing(struct inet_connection_sock 
> *icsk, struct sock *sk)
>               mss = tcp_mtu_to_mss(sk, icsk->icsk_mtup.search_low) >> 1;
>               mss = min(net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_base_mss, mss);
>               mss = max(mss, 68 - tcp_sk(sk)->tcp_header_len);
> +             mss = max(mss, net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_min_snd_mss);
>               icsk->icsk_mtup.search_low = tcp_mss_to_mtu(sk, mss);
>       }
>       tcp_sync_mss(sk, icsk->icsk_pmtu_cookie);
> -- 
> 2.22.0.410.gd8fdbe21b5-goog
> 

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