netfilter: Validate the sequence number of dataless ACK packets as well
authorJozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@blackhole.kfki.hu>
Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:55:54 +0000 (09:55 +0000)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Thu, 6 Dec 2012 11:20:10 +0000 (11:20 +0000)
commit 4a70bbfaef0361d27272629d1a250a937edcafe4 upstream.

We spare nothing by not validating the sequence number of dataless
ACK packets and enabling it makes harder off-path attacks.

See: "Reflection scan: an Off-Path Attack on TCP" by Jan Wrobel,
http://arxiv.org/abs/1201.2074

Signed-off-by: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@blackhole.kfki.hu>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>

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