From a94f0f970549e63e54c80c4509db299c514d8c11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerrit Renker Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:31:49 -0300 Subject: [DCCP]: Rate-limit DCCP-Syncs This implements a SHOULD from RFC 4340, 7.5.4: "To protect against denial-of-service attacks, DCCP implementations SHOULD impose a rate limit on DCCP-Syncs sent in response to sequence-invalid packets, such as not more than eight DCCP-Syncs per second." The rate-limit is maintained on a per-socket basis. This is a more stringent policy than enforcing the rate-limit on a per-source-address basis and protects against attacks with forged source addresses. Moreover, the mechanism is deliberately kept simple. In contrast to xrlim_allow(), bursts of Sync packets in reply to sequence-invalid packets are not supported. This foils such attacks where the receipt of a Sync triggers further sequence-invalid packets. (I have tested this mechanism against xrlim_allow algorithm for Syncs, permitting bursts just increases the problems.) In order to keep flexibility, the timeout parameter can be set via sysctl; and the whole mechanism can even be disabled (which is however not recommended). The algorithm in this patch has been improved with regard to wrapping issues thanks to a suggestion by Arnaldo. Commiter note: Rate limited the step 6 DCCP_WARN too, as it says we're sending a sync. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker Signed-off-by: Ian McDonald Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo --- net/dccp/input.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'net/dccp/input.c') diff --git a/net/dccp/input.c b/net/dccp/input.c index 86ad3ba0649..19d7e1dbd87 100644 --- a/net/dccp/input.c +++ b/net/dccp/input.c @@ -122,6 +122,23 @@ static int dccp_check_seqno(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb) (ackno != DCCP_PKT_WITHOUT_ACK_SEQ)) dp->dccps_gar = ackno; } else { + unsigned long now = jiffies; + /* + * Step 6: Check sequence numbers + * Otherwise, + * If P.type == Reset, + * Send Sync packet acknowledging S.GSR + * Otherwise, + * Send Sync packet acknowledging P.seqno + * Drop packet and return + * + * These Syncs are rate-limited as per RFC 4340, 7.5.4: + * at most 1 / (dccp_sync_rate_limit * HZ) Syncs per second. + */ + if (time_before(now, (dp->dccps_rate_last + + sysctl_dccp_sync_ratelimit))) + return 0; + DCCP_WARN("DCCP: Step 6 failed for %s packet, " "(LSWL(%llu) <= P.seqno(%llu) <= S.SWH(%llu)) and " "(P.ackno %s or LAWL(%llu) <= P.ackno(%llu) <= S.AWH(%llu), " @@ -132,15 +149,9 @@ static int dccp_check_seqno(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb) : "exists", (unsigned long long) lawl, (unsigned long long) ackno, (unsigned long long) dp->dccps_awh); - /* - * Step 6: Check sequence numbers - * Otherwise, - * If P.type == Reset, - * Send Sync packet acknowledging S.GSR - * Otherwise, - * Send Sync packet acknowledging P.seqno - * Drop packet and return - */ + + dp->dccps_rate_last = now; + if (dh->dccph_type == DCCP_PKT_RESET) seqno = dp->dccps_gsr; dccp_send_sync(sk, seqno, DCCP_PKT_SYNC); -- cgit v1.2.3