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tcp: clamp route advmss to TCP_MIN_MSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: clamp route advmss to TCP_MIN_MSS tcp_select_initial_window() assumes that callers never pass an MSS smaller than 1, but route-derived advmss values can violate that assumption. A too-small explicit RTAX_ADVMSS is one way to get there, but it is not the only one. The same divide-by-zero can also be reached through the "default advmss" path when RTAX_ADVMSS is left at 0 and the effective advmss is later driven down by route MTU and min_adv_mss. Introduce a tcp_dst_advmss() helper that clamps route advmss to TCP_MIN_MSS before TCP consumes it, and use it in the TCP paths that derive advmss from dst metrics. This keeps the effective MSS from dropping to zero before tcp_select_initial_window() rounds the receive window.

Affected products

Linux
  • <2.6.12
  • =<7.1.*
  • =<*
  • <31cf2349361902769dc323e4dbf4b449795ec288
  • <6b8c20bf61924dfc38fefb145c9f7406d73fae53
  • <870a9e42ecc6fe1b8c25d87af043cb0d9c178fe1
  • ==2.6.12
  • =<7.2.*