kernel/linux.git/include/net/tcp.h, branch v6.18.21

tcp: secure_seq: add back ports to TS offset

2026-03-12T11:09:58+00:00

[ Upstream commit 165573e41f2f66ef98940cf65f838b2cb575d9d1 ] This reverts 28ee1b746f49 ("secure_seq: downgrade to per-host timestamp offsets") tcp_tw_recycle went away in 2017. Zhouyan Deng reported off-path TCP source port leakage via SYN cookie side-channel that can be fixed in multiple ways. One of them is to bring back TCP ports in TS offset randomization. As a bonus, we perform a single siphash() computation to provide both an ISN and a TS offset. Fixes: 28ee1b746f49 ("secure_seq: downgrade to per-host timestamp offsets") Reported-by: Zhouyan Deng Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima Acked-by: Florian Westphal Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260302205527.1982836-1-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

tcp: fix potential race in tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock()

2026-03-04T12:20:44+00:00

[ Upstream commit 858d2a4f67ff69e645a43487ef7ea7f28f06deae ] Code in tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock() after the call to tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock() is done too late. After tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock(), the child socket is already visible from TCP ehash table and other cpus might use it. Since newinet->pinet6 is still pointing to the listener ipv6_pinfo bad things can happen as syzbot found. Move the problematic code in tcp_v6_mapped_child_init() and call this new helper from tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock() before the ehash insertion. This allows the removal of one tcp_sync_mss(), since tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock() will call it with the correct context. Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Reported-by: syzbot+937b5bbb6a815b3e5d0b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/69949275.050a0220.2eeac1.0145.GAE@google.com/ Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260217161205.2079883-1-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

tcp: disable RFC3168 fallback identifier for CC modules

2026-02-26T22:59:20+00:00

[ Upstream commit e68c28f22f46ecfdec3656ae785dd8ccbb4d557d ] When AccECN is not successfully negociated for a TCP flow, it defaults fallback to classic ECN (RFC3168). However, L4S service will fallback to non-ECN. This patch enables congestion control module to control whether it should not fallback to classic ECN after unsuccessful AccECN negotiation. A new CA module flag (TCP_CONG_NO_FALLBACK_RFC3168) identifies this behavior expected by the CA. Signed-off-by: Chia-Yu Chang Acked-by: Paolo Abeni Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260131222515.8485-6-chia-yu.chang@nokia-bell-labs.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Stable-dep-of: c5ff6b837159 ("tcp: accecn: handle unexpected AccECN negotiation feedback") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

tcp: ECT_1_NEGOTIATION and NEEDS_ACCECN identifiers

2026-02-26T22:59:20+00:00

[ Upstream commit 100f946b8d44b64bc0b8a8c30d283105031c0a77 ] Two flags for congestion control (CC) module are added in this patch related to AccECN negotiation. First, a new flag (TCP_CONG_NEEDS_ACCECN) defines that the CC expects to negotiate AccECN functionality using the ECE, CWR and AE flags in the TCP header. Second, during ECN negotiation, ECT(0) in the IP header is used. This patch enables CC to control whether ECT(0) or ECT(1) should be used on a per-segment basis. A new flag (TCP_CONG_ECT_1_NEGOTIATION) defines the expected ECT value in the IP header by the CA when not-yet initialized for the connection. The detailed AccECN negotiaotn can be found in IETF RFC9768. Co-developed-by: Olivier Tilmans Signed-off-by: Olivier Tilmans Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen Signed-off-by: Chia-Yu Chang Acked-by: Paolo Abeni Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260131222515.8485-5-chia-yu.chang@nokia-bell-labs.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Stable-dep-of: c5ff6b837159 ("tcp: accecn: handle unexpected AccECN negotiation feedback") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

tcp: add newval parameter to tcp_rcvbuf_grow()

2025-10-30T00:30:19+00:00

This patch has no functional change, and prepares the following one. tcp_rcvbuf_grow() will need to have access to tp->rcvq_space.space old and new values. Change mptcp_rcvbuf_grow() in a similar way. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet [ Moved 'oldval' declaration to the next patch to avoid warnings at build time. ] Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Reviewed-by: Neal Cardwell Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251028-net-tcp-recv-autotune-v3-3-74b43ba4c84c@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

tcp: make tcp_rcvbuf_grow() accessible to mptcp code

2025-09-30T01:23:35+00:00

To leverage the auto-tuning improvements brought by commit 2da35e4b4df9 ("Merge branch 'tcp-receive-side-improvements'"), the MPTCP stack need to access the mentioned helper. Acked-by: Geliang Tang Acked-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250927-net-next-mptcp-rcv-path-imp-v1-2-5da266aa9c1a@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

tcp: accecn: AccECN option ceb/cep and ACE field multi-wrap heuristics

2025-09-18T06:47:52+00:00

The AccECN option ceb/cep heuristic algorithm is from AccECN spec Appendix A.2.2 to mitigate against false ACE field overflows. Armed with ceb delta from option, delivered bytes, and delivered packets it is possible to estimate how many times ACE field wrapped. This calculation is necessary only if more than one wrap is possible. Without SACK, delivered bytes and packets are not always trustworthy in which case TCP falls back to the simpler no-or-all wraps ceb algorithm. Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen Signed-off-by: Chia-Yu Chang Acked-by: Paolo Abeni Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250916082434.100722-10-chia-yu.chang@nokia-bell-labs.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

tcp: accecn: AccECN option send control

2025-09-18T06:47:52+00:00

Instead of sending the option in every ACK, limit sending to those ACKs where the option is necessary: - Handshake - "Change-triggered ACK" + the ACK following it. The 2nd ACK is necessary to unambiguously indicate which of the ECN byte counters in increasing. The first ACK has two counters increasing due to the ecnfield edge. - ACKs with CE to allow CEP delta validations to take advantage of the option. - Force option to be sent every at least once per 2^22 bytes. The check is done using the bit edges of the byte counters (avoids need for extra variables). - AccECN option beacon to send a few times per RTT even if nothing in the ECN state requires that. The default is 3 times per RTT, and its period can be set via sysctl_tcp_ecn_option_beacon. Below are the pahole outcomes before and after this patch, in which the group size of tcp_sock_write_tx is increased from 89 to 97 due to the new u64 accecn_opt_tstamp member: [BEFORE THIS PATCH] struct tcp_sock { [...] u64 tcp_wstamp_ns; /* 2488 8 */ struct list_head tsorted_sent_queue; /* 2496 16 */ [...] __cacheline_group_end__tcp_sock_write_tx[0]; /* 2521 0 */ __cacheline_group_begin__tcp_sock_write_txrx[0]; /* 2521 0 */ u8 nonagle:4; /* 2521: 0 1 */ u8 rate_app_limited:1; /* 2521: 4 1 */ /* XXX 3 bits hole, try to pack */ /* Force alignment to the next boundary: */ u8 :0; u8 received_ce_pending:4;/* 2522: 0 1 */ u8 unused2:4; /* 2522: 4 1 */ u8 accecn_minlen:2; /* 2523: 0 1 */ u8 est_ecnfield:2; /* 2523: 2 1 */ u8 unused3:4; /* 2523: 4 1 */ [...] __cacheline_group_end__tcp_sock_write_txrx[0]; /* 2628 0 */ [...] /* size: 3200, cachelines: 50, members: 171 */ } [AFTER THIS PATCH] struct tcp_sock { [...] u64 tcp_wstamp_ns; /* 2488 8 */ u64 accecn_opt_tstamp; /* 2596 8 */ struct list_head tsorted_sent_queue; /* 2504 16 */ [...] __cacheline_group_end__tcp_sock_write_tx[0]; /* 2529 0 */ __cacheline_group_begin__tcp_sock_write_txrx[0]; /* 2529 0 */ u8 nonagle:4; /* 2529: 0 1 */ u8 rate_app_limited:1; /* 2529: 4 1 */ /* XXX 3 bits hole, try to pack */ /* Force alignment to the next boundary: */ u8 :0; u8 received_ce_pending:4;/* 2530: 0 1 */ u8 unused2:4; /* 2530: 4 1 */ u8 accecn_minlen:2; /* 2531: 0 1 */ u8 est_ecnfield:2; /* 2531: 2 1 */ u8 accecn_opt_demand:2; /* 2531: 4 1 */ u8 prev_ecnfield:2; /* 2531: 6 1 */ [...] __cacheline_group_end__tcp_sock_write_txrx[0]; /* 2636 0 */ [...] /* size: 3200, cachelines: 50, members: 173 */ } Signed-off-by: Chia-Yu Chang Co-developed-by: Ilpo Järvinen Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250916082434.100722-8-chia-yu.chang@nokia-bell-labs.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

tcp: accecn: AccECN option

2025-09-18T06:47:52+00:00

The Accurate ECN allows echoing back the sum of bytes for each IP ECN field value in the received packets using AccECN option. This change implements AccECN option tx & rx side processing without option send control related features that are added by a later change. Based on specification: https://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-tcpm-accurate-ecn-28.txt (Some features of the spec will be added in the later changes rather than in this one). A full-length AccECN option is always attempted but if it does not fit, the minimum length is selected based on the counters that have changed since the last update. The AccECN option (with 24-bit fields) often ends in odd sizes so the option write code tries to take advantage of some nop used to pad the other TCP options. The delivered_ecn_bytes pairs with received_ecn_bytes similar to how delivered_ce pairs with received_ce. In contrast to ACE field, however, the option is not always available to update delivered_ecn_bytes. For ACK w/o AccECN option, the delivered bytes calculated based on the cumulative ACK+SACK information are assigned to one of the counters using an estimation heuristic to select the most likely ECN byte counter. Any estimation error is corrected when the next AccECN option arrives. It may occur that the heuristic gets too confused when there are enough different byte counter deltas between ACKs with the AccECN option in which case the heuristic just gives up on updating the counters for a while. tcp_ecn_option sysctl can be used to select option sending mode for AccECN: TCP_ECN_OPTION_DISABLED, TCP_ECN_OPTION_MINIMUM, and TCP_ECN_OPTION_FULL. This patch increases the size of tcp_info struct, as there is no existing holes for new u32 variables. Below are the pahole outcomes before and after this patch: [BEFORE THIS PATCH] struct tcp_info { [...] __u32 tcpi_total_rto_time; /* 244 4 */ /* size: 248, cachelines: 4, members: 61 */ } [AFTER THIS PATCH] struct tcp_info { [...] __u32 tcpi_total_rto_time; /* 244 4 */ __u32 tcpi_received_ce; /* 248 4 */ __u32 tcpi_delivered_e1_bytes; /* 252 4 */ __u32 tcpi_delivered_e0_bytes; /* 256 4 */ __u32 tcpi_delivered_ce_bytes; /* 260 4 */ __u32 tcpi_received_e1_bytes; /* 264 4 */ __u32 tcpi_received_e0_bytes; /* 268 4 */ __u32 tcpi_received_ce_bytes; /* 272 4 */ /* size: 280, cachelines: 5, members: 68 */ } This patch uses the existing 1-byte holes in the tcp_sock_write_txrx group for new u8 members, but adds a 4-byte hole in tcp_sock_write_rx group after the new u32 delivered_ecn_bytes[3] member. Therefore, the group size of tcp_sock_write_rx is increased from 96 to 112. Below are the pahole outcomes before and after this patch: [BEFORE THIS PATCH] struct tcp_sock { [...] u8 received_ce_pending:4; /* 2522: 0 1 */ u8 unused2:4; /* 2522: 4 1 */ /* XXX 1 byte hole, try to pack */ [...] u32 rcv_rtt_last_tsecr; /* 2668 4 */ [...] __cacheline_group_end__tcp_sock_write_rx[0]; /* 2728 0 */ [...] /* size: 3200, cachelines: 50, members: 167 */ } [AFTER THIS PATCH] struct tcp_sock { [...] u8 received_ce_pending:4;/* 2522: 0 1 */ u8 unused2:4; /* 2522: 4 1 */ u8 accecn_minlen:2; /* 2523: 0 1 */ u8 est_ecnfield:2; /* 2523: 2 1 */ u8 unused3:4; /* 2523: 4 1 */ [...] u32 rcv_rtt_last_tsecr; /* 2668 4 */ u32 delivered_ecn_bytes[3];/* 2672 12 */ /* XXX 4 bytes hole, try to pack */ [...] __cacheline_group_end__tcp_sock_write_rx[0]; /* 2744 0 */ [...] /* size: 3200, cachelines: 50, members: 171 */ } Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen Signed-off-by: Neal Cardwell Co-developed-by: Chia-Yu Chang Signed-off-by: Chia-Yu Chang Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250916082434.100722-7-chia-yu.chang@nokia-bell-labs.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

tcp: accecn: AccECN negotiation

2025-09-18T06:47:51+00:00

Accurate ECN negotiation parts based on the specification: https://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-tcpm-accurate-ecn-28.txt Accurate ECN is negotiated using ECE, CWR and AE flags in the TCP header. TCP falls back into using RFC3168 ECN if one of the ends supports only RFC3168-style ECN. The AccECN negotiation includes reflecting IP ECN field value seen in SYN and SYNACK back using the same bits as negotiation to allow responding to SYN CE marks and to detect ECN field mangling. CE marks should not occur currently because SYN=1 segments are sent with Non-ECT in IP ECN field (but proposal exists to remove this restriction). Reflecting SYN IP ECN field in SYNACK is relatively simple. Reflecting SYNACK IP ECN field in the final/third ACK of the handshake is more challenging. Linux TCP code is not well prepared for using the final/third ACK a signalling channel which makes things somewhat complicated here. tcp_ecn sysctl can be used to select the highest ECN variant (Accurate ECN, ECN, No ECN) that is attemped to be negotiated and requested for incoming connection and outgoing connection: TCP_ECN_IN_NOECN_OUT_NOECN, TCP_ECN_IN_ECN_OUT_ECN, TCP_ECN_IN_ECN_OUT_NOECN, TCP_ECN_IN_ACCECN_OUT_ACCECN, TCP_ECN_IN_ACCECN_OUT_ECN, and TCP_ECN_IN_ACCECN_OUT_NOECN. After this patch, the size of tcp_request_sock remains unchanged and no new holes are added. Below are the pahole outcomes before and after this patch: [BEFORE THIS PATCH] struct tcp_request_sock { [...] u32 rcv_nxt; /* 352 4 */ u8 syn_tos; /* 356 1 */ /* size: 360, cachelines: 6, members: 16 */ } [AFTER THIS PATCH] struct tcp_request_sock { [...] u32 rcv_nxt; /* 352 4 */ u8 syn_tos; /* 356 1 */ bool accecn_ok; /* 357 1 */ u8 syn_ect_snt:2; /* 358: 0 1 */ u8 syn_ect_rcv:2; /* 358: 2 1 */ u8 accecn_fail_mode:4; /* 358: 4 1 */ /* size: 360, cachelines: 6, members: 20 */ } After this patch, the size of tcp_sock remains unchanged and no new holes are added. Also, 4 bits of the existing 2-byte hole are exploited. Below are the pahole outcomes before and after this patch: [BEFORE THIS PATCH] struct tcp_sock { [...] u8 dup_ack_counter:2; /* 2761: 0 1 */ u8 tlp_retrans:1; /* 2761: 2 1 */ u8 unused:5; /* 2761: 3 1 */ u8 thin_lto:1; /* 2762: 0 1 */ u8 fastopen_connect:1; /* 2762: 1 1 */ u8 fastopen_no_cookie:1; /* 2762: 2 1 */ u8 fastopen_client_fail:2; /* 2762: 3 1 */ u8 frto:1; /* 2762: 5 1 */ /* XXX 2 bits hole, try to pack */ [...] u8 keepalive_probes; /* 2765 1 */ /* XXX 2 bytes hole, try to pack */ [...] /* size: 3200, cachelines: 50, members: 164 */ } [AFTER THIS PATCH] struct tcp_sock { [...] u8 dup_ack_counter:2; /* 2761: 0 1 */ u8 tlp_retrans:1; /* 2761: 2 1 */ u8 syn_ect_snt:2; /* 2761: 3 1 */ u8 syn_ect_rcv:2; /* 2761: 5 1 */ u8 thin_lto:1; /* 2761: 7 1 */ u8 fastopen_connect:1; /* 2762: 0 1 */ u8 fastopen_no_cookie:1; /* 2762: 1 1 */ u8 fastopen_client_fail:2; /* 2762: 2 1 */ u8 frto:1; /* 2762: 4 1 */ /* XXX 3 bits hole, try to pack */ [...] u8 keepalive_probes; /* 2765 1 */ u8 accecn_fail_mode:4; /* 2766: 0 1 */ /* XXX 4 bits hole, try to pack */ /* XXX 1 byte hole, try to pack */ [...] /* size: 3200, cachelines: 50, members: 166 */ } Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen Co-developed-by: Olivier Tilmans Signed-off-by: Olivier Tilmans Co-developed-by: Chia-Yu Chang Signed-off-by: Chia-Yu Chang Acked-by: Paolo Abeni Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250916082434.100722-3-chia-yu.chang@nokia-bell-labs.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni