netdev - Re: [PATCH net] tcp: avoid fastopen API to be used on AF

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Date:   Thu, 25 May 2017 13:30:59 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     weiwan@...gle.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, ycheng@...gle.com,
        vegard.nossum@...cle.com, edumazet@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] tcp: avoid fastopen API to be used on AF_UNSPEC

From: Wei Wang <weiwan@...gle.com>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 09:59:31 -0700

> Fastopen API should be used to perform fastopen operations on the TCP
> socket. It does not make sense to use fastopen API to perform disconnect
> by calling it with AF_UNSPEC. The fastopen data path is also prone to
> race conditions and bugs when using with AF_UNSPEC.
> 
> One issue reported and analyzed by Vegard Nossum is as follows:
 ...
> If the connection is reopened then we will send a brand new SYN packet
> after thread A has already queued a buffer. At this point I think the
> socket internal state (sequence numbers etc.) becomes messed up.
> 
> When the new connection is closed, the FIN-ACK is rejected because the
> sequence number is outside the window. The other side tries to
> retransmit,
> but __tcp_retransmit_skb() calls tcp_trim_head() on an empty skb which
> corrupts the skb data length and hits a BUG() in copy_and_csum_bits().
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> Hence, this patch adds a check for AF_UNSPEC in the fastopen data path
> and return EOPNOTSUPP to user if such case happens.
> 
> Fixes: cf60af03ca4e7 ("tcp: Fast Open client - sendmsg(MSG_FASTOPEN)")
> Reported-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...cle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Wei Wang <weiwan@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied and queue up for -stable, thanks.