From c03010a1b95df2069cd4f7dfd79911681e1665c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2024 20:32:14 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] mptcp: fallback if MPTCP opts are dropped after 1st data As reported by Christoph [1], before this patch, an MPTCP connection was wrongly reset when a host received a first data packet with MPTCP options after the 3wHS, but got the next ones without. According to the MPTCP v1 specs [2], a fallback should happen in this case, because the host didn't receive a DATA_ACK from the other peer, nor receive data for more than the initial window which implies a DATA_ACK being received by the other peer. The patch here re-uses the same logic as the one used in other places: by looking at allow_infinite_fallback, which is disabled at the creation of an additional subflow. It's not looking at the first DATA_ACK (or implying one received from the other side) as suggested by the RFC, but it is in continuation with what was already done, which is safer, and it fixes the reported issue. The next step, looking at this first DATA_ACK, is tracked in [4]. This patch has been validated using the following Packetdrill script: 0 socket(..., SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_MPTCP) = 3 +0 setsockopt(3, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, [1], 4) = 0 +0 bind(3, ..., ...) = 0 +0 listen(3, 1) = 0 // 3WHS is OK +0.0 < S 0:0(0) win 65535 +0.0 > S. 0:0(0) ack 1 +0.1 < . 1:1(0) ack 1 win 2048 +0 accept(3, ..., ...) = 4 // Data from the client with valid MPTCP options (no DATA_ACK: normal) +0.1 < P. 1:501(500) ack 1 win 2048 // From here, the MPTCP options will be dropped by a middlebox +0.0 > . 1:1(0) ack 501 +0.1 read(4, ..., 500) = 500 +0 write(4, ..., 100) = 100 // The server replies with data, still thinking MPTCP is being used +0.0 > P. 1:101(100) ack 501 // But the client already did a fallback to TCP, because the two previous packets have been received without MPTCP options +0.1 < . 501:501(0) ack 101 win 2048 +0.0 < P. 501:601(100) ack 101 win 2048 // The server should fallback to TCP, not reset: it didn't get a DATA_ACK, nor data for more than the initial window +0.0 > . 101:101(0) ack 601 Note that this script requires Packetdrill with MPTCP support, see [3]. Fixes: dea2b1ea9c70 ("mptcp: do not reset MP_CAPABLE subflow on mapping errors") Reported-by: Christoph Paasch Closes: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/mptcp_net-next/issues/518 [1] Link: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8684#name-fallback [2] Link: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/packetdrill [3] Link: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/mptcp_net-next/issues/519 [4] Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) --- net/mptcp/subflow.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/mptcp/subflow.c b/net/mptcp/subflow.c index e1046a696ab5c..25dde81bcb757 100644 --- a/net/mptcp/subflow.c +++ b/net/mptcp/subflow.c @@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ static bool subflow_can_fallback(struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow) else if (READ_ONCE(msk->csum_enabled)) return !subflow->valid_csum_seen; else - return !subflow->fully_established; + return READ_ONCE(msk->allow_infinite_fallback); } static void mptcp_subflow_fail(struct mptcp_sock *msk, struct sock *ssk)