[DCCP]: Fix Reset/Sync-Flood Bug

This updates sequence number checking with regard to RFC 4340, 7.5.4.
Missing in the code was an exception for sequence-invalid Reset packets,
which get a Sync acknowledging GSR, instead of (as usual) P.seqno.

This can lead to an oscillating ping-pong flood of Reset packets.

In fact, it has been observed on the wire as follows:

 1. client establishes connection to server;
 2. before server can write to client, client crashes without notifying
    the server (NB: now no longer possible due to ABORT function);
 3. server sends DCCP-Data packet (has no ackno);
 4. client generates Reset "No Connection", seqno=0, increments seqno;
 5. server replies with Sync, using ackno = P.seqno;
 6. client generates Reset "No Connection" with seqno = ackno + 1;
 7. goto (5).

The difference is that now in (5) the server uses GSR.  This causes the
Reset sent by the client in (6) to become sequence-valid, so that in (7)
the vicious circle is broken; the Reset is then enqueued and causes the
socket to enter TIMEWAIT state.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
Signed-off-by: Ian McDonald <ian.mcdonald@jandi.co.nz>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/dccp/input.c b/net/dccp/input.c
index 6276b23fc204..cde0e704dfce 100644
--- a/net/dccp/input.c
+++ b/net/dccp/input.c
@@ -102,9 +102,6 @@ static int dccp_check_seqno(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
          *        Update S.GSR, S.SWL, S.SWH
          *        If P.type != Sync,
          *           Update S.GAR
-         *      Otherwise,
-         *        Send Sync packet acknowledging P.seqno
-         *        Drop packet and return
          */
         lswl = dp->dccps_swl;
         lawl = dp->dccps_awl;
@@ -135,6 +132,17 @@ static int dccp_check_seqno(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
                                                               : "exists",
                           (unsigned long long) lawl, (unsigned long long) ackno,
                           (unsigned long long) dp->dccps_awh);
+                /*
+                 *   Step 6: Check sequence numbers
+                 *      Otherwise,
+                 *         If P.type == Reset,
+                 *            Send Sync packet acknowledging S.GSR
+                 *         Otherwise,
+                 *            Send Sync packet acknowledging P.seqno
+                 *      Drop packet and return
+                 */
+                if (dh->dccph_type == DCCP_PKT_RESET)
+                        seqno = dp->dccps_gsr;
                 dccp_send_sync(sk, seqno, DCCP_PKT_SYNC);
                 return -1;
         }