CVE-2024-41007

En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: tcp: evitar demasiados paquetes de retransmisión Si un socket TCP está usando TCP_USER_TIMEOUT y el otro par retrajo su ventana a cero, tcp_retransmit_timer() puede retransmitir un paquete cada dos santiamén (2 ms). para HZ=1000), durante aproximadamente 4 minutos después de que TCP_USER_TIMEOUT haya 'expirado'. La solución es asegurarse de que tcp_rtx_probe0_timed_out() tenga en cuenta icsk->icsk_user_timeout. Antes de el commit culpable, el socket no expiraba después de icsk->icsk_user_timeout, sino que usaba un retroceso exponencial estándar para las retransmisiones. También vale la pena señalar que antes de commit e89688e3e978 ("net: tcp: fix unexcepted socket die cuando snd_wnd es 0"), el problema duraría 2 minutos en lugar de 4.

A vulnerability was found in the tcp_retransmit_timer function in the Linux kernel's TCP implementation. This issue occurs when a TCP socket uses TCP_USER_TIMEOUT and the peer's window retracts to zero, leading to excessive retransmission of packets every two milliseconds for up to four minutes after the timeout, which can result in network congestion and performance degradation.

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.

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