SCTP: Explicitely discard OOTB chunks
authorVlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com>
Fri, 7 Sep 2007 15:47:45 +0000 (11:47 -0400)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>
Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:55:47 +0000 (22:55 -0700)
Explicitely discard OOTB chunks, whether the result is a
SHUTDOWN COMPLETE or an ABORT.  We need to discard the OOTB
SHUTDOWN ACK to prevent bombing attackes since responsed
MUST NOT be bundled.  We also explicietely discard in the
ABORT case since that function is widely used internally.

Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com>
Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c

index 385f1757158a3272c50ce20099563b5d78055e9e..5e7fb0f54b88d71147c470fc4c36f453bedaac97 100644 (file)
@@ -2965,6 +2965,7 @@ sctp_disposition_t sctp_sf_tabort_8_4_8(const struct sctp_endpoint *ep,
 
                SCTP_INC_STATS(SCTP_MIB_OUTCTRLCHUNKS);
 
+               sctp_sf_pdiscard(ep, asoc, type, arg, commands);
                return SCTP_DISPOSITION_CONSUME;
        }
 
@@ -3148,11 +3149,9 @@ sctp_disposition_t sctp_sf_ootb(const struct sctp_endpoint *ep,
        } while (ch_end < skb_tail_pointer(skb));
 
        if (ootb_shut_ack)
-               sctp_sf_shut_8_4_5(ep, asoc, type, arg, commands);
+               return sctp_sf_shut_8_4_5(ep, asoc, type, arg, commands);
        else
-               sctp_sf_tabort_8_4_8(ep, asoc, type, arg, commands);
-
-       return sctp_sf_pdiscard(ep, asoc, type, arg, commands);
+               return sctp_sf_tabort_8_4_8(ep, asoc, type, arg, commands);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -3218,7 +3217,11 @@ static sctp_disposition_t sctp_sf_shut_8_4_5(const struct sctp_endpoint *ep,
                if (!sctp_chunk_length_valid(chunk, sizeof(sctp_chunkhdr_t)))
                        return sctp_sf_pdiscard(ep, asoc, type, arg, commands);
 
-               return SCTP_DISPOSITION_CONSUME;
+               /* We need to discard the rest of the packet to prevent
+                * potential bomming attacks from additional bundled chunks.
+                * This is documented in SCTP Threats ID.
+                */
+               return sctp_sf_pdiscard(ep, asoc, type, arg, commands);
        }
 
        return SCTP_DISPOSITION_NOMEM;