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Index: sys/netinet/icmp_var.h
===================================================================
--- sys/netinet/icmp_var.h
+++ sys/netinet/icmp_var.h
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@
#define BANDLIM_RST_OPENPORT 4 /* No connection, listener */
#define BANDLIM_ICMP6_UNREACH 5
#define BANDLIM_SCTP_OOTB 6
-#define BANDLIM_MAX 7
+#define BANDLIM_TCP_ACKTOOMUCH 7
+#define BANDLIM_MAX 8
#endif
#endif
Index: sys/netinet/ip_icmp.c
===================================================================
--- sys/netinet/ip_icmp.c
+++ sys/netinet/ip_icmp.c
@@ -987,7 +987,8 @@
{ "closed port RST response" },
{ "open port RST response" },
{ "icmp6 unreach response" },
- { "sctp ootb response" }
+ { "sctp ootb response" },
+ { "tcp out-of-window ACK responses" },
};
#define V_icmp_rates VNET(icmp_rates)
Index: sys/netinet/tcp_input.c
===================================================================
--- sys/netinet/tcp_input.c
+++ sys/netinet/tcp_input.c
@@ -2503,6 +2503,27 @@
case TCPS_LAST_ACK:
if (SEQ_GT(th->th_ack, tp->snd_max)) {
TCPSTAT_INC(tcps_rcvacktoomuch);
+ /*
+ * This likely indicates either a spoofed
+ * packet or an unsynchronized connection. In
+ * the latter case, RFC 793 provides some
+ * examples of how sending an ACK can help the
+ * remote side determine the connection is
+ * unsynchronized, leading it to close the
+ * connection. So, it probably makes sense to
+ * continue to send ACKs in this case.
+ *
+ * However, these ACKs often will *not* be
+ * useful. And, in some extreme cases, we can
+ * even end up in a cyclical pattern of
+ * badness. (Bug 184680 documents one such
+ * case which involves sessions opened with a
+ * SYN cookie.)
+ *
+ * Therefore, we should rate-limit these responses.
+ */
+ if (badport_bandlim(BANDLIM_TCP_ACKTOOMUCH) < 0)
+ goto drop;
goto dropafterack;
}
if ((tp->t_flags & TF_SACK_PERMIT) &&
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