netdev - [PATCH 3/5] netfilter: xt_TCPMSS: Fix violation of RFC879 in absence of MSS option

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Date:	Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:07:39 +0200
From:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] netfilter: xt_TCPMSS: Fix violation of RFC879 in absence of MSS option

From: Phil Oester <kernel@...uxace.com>

The clamp-mss-to-pmtu option of the xt_TCPMSS target can cause issues
connecting to websites if there was no MSS option present in the
original SYN packet from the client. In these cases, it may add a
MSS higher than the default specified in RFC879. Fix this by never
setting a value > 536 if no MSS option was specified by the client.

This closes netfilter's bugzilla #662.

Signed-off-by: Phil Oester <kernel@...uxace.com>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
---
 net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c |    6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c b/net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c
index a75240f..afaebc7 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c
@@ -125,6 +125,12 @@ tcpmss_mangle_packet(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	skb_put(skb, TCPOLEN_MSS);
 
+	/* RFC 879 states that the default MSS is 536 without specific
+	 * knowledge that the destination host is prepared to accept larger.
+	 * Since no MSS was provided, we MUST NOT set a value > 536.
+	 */
+	newmss = min(newmss, (u16)536);
+
 	opt = (u_int8_t *)tcph + sizeof(struct tcphdr);
 	memmove(opt + TCPOLEN_MSS, opt, tcplen - sizeof(struct tcphdr));
 
-- 
1.7.10.4

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