linux/net
Eric Dumazet 4ce7e93cb3 tcp: rate limit ACK sent by SYN_RECV request sockets
Attackers like to use SYNFLOOD targeting one 5-tuple, as they
hit a single RX queue (and cpu) on the victim.

If they use random sequence numbers in their SYN, we detect
they do not match the expected window and send back an ACK.

This patch adds a rate limitation, so that the effect of such
attacks is limited to ingress only.

We roughly double our ability to absorb such attacks.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Cc: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Cc: Maciej Żenczykowski <maze@google.com>
Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2016-04-04 22:11:20 -04:00
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6lowpan 6lowpan: iphc: fix SAM/DAM bit comment 2016-03-10 19:51:29 +01:00
9p net/9p: convert to new CQ API 2016-03-10 20:54:09 -05:00
802
8021q vlan: propagate gso_max_segs 2016-03-17 21:05:01 -04:00
appletalk
atm
ax25 ax25: add link layer header validation function 2016-03-09 22:13:01 -05:00
batman-adv batman-adv: clarify CFG80211 dependency 2016-03-02 13:45:47 -05:00
bluetooth Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2016-03-19 10:05:34 -07:00
bridge bridge: Allow set bridge ageing time when switchdev disabled 2016-03-30 15:38:13 -04:00
caif net: caif: fix misleading indentation 2016-03-14 13:09:50 -04:00
can sock: enable timestamping using control messages 2016-04-04 15:50:30 -04:00
ceph Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client 2016-03-26 15:53:16 -07:00
core tcp: increment sk_drops for listeners 2016-04-04 22:11:20 -04:00
dcb
dccp tcp/dccp: do not touch listener sk_refcnt under synflood 2016-04-04 22:11:20 -04:00
decnet
dns_resolver
dsa net: dsa: refine netdev event notifier 2016-03-14 16:05:32 -04:00
ethernet eth: Pull header from first fragment via eth_get_headlen 2016-02-24 13:58:05 -05:00
hsr
ieee802154 ieee802154: 6lowpan: fix return of netdev notifier 2016-02-23 20:29:40 +01:00
ipv4 tcp: rate limit ACK sent by SYN_RECV request sockets 2016-04-04 22:11:20 -04:00
ipv6 tcp: increment sk_drops for listeners 2016-04-04 22:11:20 -04:00
ipx
irda
iucv
kcm kcm: Add receive message timeout 2016-03-09 16:36:15 -05:00
key
l2tp sock: enable timestamping using control messages 2016-04-04 15:50:30 -04:00
l3mdev net: l3mdev: address selection should only consider devices in L3 domain 2016-02-26 14:22:26 -05:00
lapb
llc
mac80211 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2016-03-08 12:34:12 -05:00
mac802154 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2016-03-19 10:05:34 -07:00
mpls
netfilter tcp/dccp: do not touch listener sk_refcnt under synflood 2016-04-04 22:11:20 -04:00
netlabel netlabel: do not initialise statics to NULL 2016-03-07 11:08:26 -05:00
netlink netlink: add support for NIC driver ioctls 2016-03-22 15:45:44 -04:00
netrom
nfc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2016-03-19 10:05:34 -07:00
openvswitch Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pablo/nf 2016-03-28 15:38:59 -04:00
packet sock: enable timestamping using control messages 2016-04-04 15:50:30 -04:00
phonet
rds Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2016-03-19 10:05:34 -07:00
rfkill Here's another round of updates for -next: 2016-03-01 17:03:27 -05:00
rose
rxrpc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2016-03-19 10:05:34 -07:00
sched cls_bpf: reset class and reuse major in da 2016-03-18 19:35:21 -04:00
sctp sctp: really allow using GFP_KERNEL on sctp_packet_transmit 2016-03-30 15:41:22 -04:00
sunrpc Various bugfixes, a RDMA update from Chuck Lever, and support for a new 2016-03-24 10:41:00 -07:00
switchdev switchdev: fix typo in comments/doc 2016-03-24 14:51:24 -04:00
tipc tipc: make sure IPv6 header fits in skb headroom 2016-03-14 12:23:12 -04:00
unix Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2016-02-23 00:09:14 -05:00
vmw_vsock AF_VSOCK: Shrink the area influenced by prepare_to_wait 2016-03-22 16:18:41 -04:00
wimax
wireless Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2016-03-19 10:05:34 -07:00
x25
xfrm xfrm: Fix crash observed during device unregistration and decryption 2016-03-24 14:29:36 -04:00
compat.c
Kconfig Make DST_CACHE a silent config option 2016-03-21 22:56:38 -04:00
Makefile kcm: Kernel Connection Multiplexor module 2016-03-09 16:36:14 -05:00
socket.c sock: enable timestamping using control messages 2016-04-04 15:50:30 -04:00
sysctl_net.c