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Prevent DoS on deadlocked undecided channel in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh

Previously, a channel registered in the mux's chanList is not usable until it is established. A malicious peer was able flood the channel's incomingRequests, deadlocking the entire connection. Now, we add an atomic established state, set when a channel becomes usable. Until such a time, handlePacket drops every packet other than the open confirmation/failure, without blocking and without tearing down the connection.

Affected products

golang.org/x/crypto/ssh
  • <0.56.0