CVE-2024-41007

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tcp: avoid too many retransmit packets

If a TCP socket is using TCP_USER_TIMEOUT, and the other peer retracted its window to zero, tcp_retransmit_timer() can retransmit a packet every two jiffies (2 ms for HZ=1000), for about 4 minutes after TCP_USER_TIMEOUT has expired.

The fix is to make sure tcp_rtx_probe0_timed_out() takes icsk->icsk_user_timeout into account.

Before blamed commit, the socket would not timeout after icsk->icsk_user_timeout, but would use standard exponential backoff for the retransmits.

Also worth noting that before commit e89688e3e978 (net: tcp: fix unexcepted socket die when snd_wnd is 0), the issue would last 2 minutes instead of 4.

Affected Software

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04317a2471c2f637b4c49cbd0e9c0d04a519f570
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d7e64d70a11d988553a08239c810a658e841982
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66cb64a1d2239cd0309f9b5038b05462570a5be1
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bb7670f92bfbd05fc41a8f9a8f358b7ffed65f4
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97a9063518f198ec0adb2ecb89789de342bb8283
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2346fca5bed130dc712f276ac63450201d52969
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfcdd7f89e401d2c6616be90c76c2fac3fa98fde
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e113cddefa27bbf5a79f72387b8fbd432a61a466