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tcp: missing check ACK flag of received segment in FIN-WAIT-2 state 

RFC0793 defined that in FIN-WAIT-2 state if the ACK bit is off drop
the segment and return[Page 72]. But this check is missing in function
tcp_timewait_state_process(). This cause the segment with FIN flag but
no ACK has two diffent action:

Case 1:
    Node A                      Node B
              <-------------    FIN,ACK
                                (enter FIN-WAIT-1)
    ACK       ------------->
                                (enter FIN-WAIT-2)
    FIN       ------------->    discard
                                (move sk to tw list)

Case 2:
    Node A                      Node B
              <-------------    FIN,ACK
                                (enter FIN-WAIT-1)
    ACK       ------------->
                                (enter FIN-WAIT-2)
                                (move sk to tw list)
    FIN       ------------->

              <-------------    ACK

This patch fixed the problem.

Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yjwei@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Wei Yongjun 2009-06-24 22:29:31 +00:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent d8146bb23e
commit 1ac530b355
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@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ tcp_timewait_state_process(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw, struct sk_buff *skb,
goto kill_with_rst;
/* Dup ACK? */
if (!after(TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->end_seq, tcptw->tw_rcv_nxt) ||
if (!th->ack ||
!after(TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->end_seq, tcptw->tw_rcv_nxt) ||
TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->end_seq == TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->seq) {
inet_twsk_put(tw);
return TCP_TW_SUCCESS;