kernel/linux.git/net/mptcp, branch v6.18.35

mptcp: reset rcv wnd on disconnect

2026-06-09T10:28:51+00:00

[ Upstream commit 0981f90e1a05773a4c29c6e720f5ea1e3c8f1876 ] If the MPTCP socket fallback to TCP before the MP handshake completion, the IASN remain 0, and the rcv_wnd_sent field is not explicitly initialized, just incremented over time with the data transfer. At disconnect time such value is not cleared. If the next connection falls back to TCP before the MP handshake completion, the data transfer will keep incrementing the receive window end sequence starting from the last value used in the previous connection: the announced window will be unrelated from the actual receiver buffer size and likely too big. Address the issue zeroing the field at disconnect time. Fixes: b29fcfb54cd7 ("mptcp: full disconnect implementation") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Reviewed-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260515-net-mptcp-misc-fixes-7-1-rc4-v2-4-701e96419f2f@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

mptcp: cleanup fallback dummy mapping generation

2026-06-09T10:28:51+00:00

[ Upstream commit 2834f8edd74d5dda368087a654c0e52b141e9893 ] MPTCP currently access ack_seq outside the msk socket log scope to generate the dummy mapping for fallback socket. Soon we are going to introduce backlog usage and even for fallback socket the ack_seq value will be significantly off outside of the msk socket lock scope. Avoid relying on ack_seq for dummy mapping generation, using instead the subflow sequence number. Note that in case of disconnect() and (re)connect() we must ensure that any previous state is re-set. Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Reviewed-by: Geliang Tang Tested-by: Geliang Tang Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251121-net-next-mptcp-memcg-backlog-imp-v1-6-1f34b6c1e0b1@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Stable-dep-of: 0981f90e1a05 ("mptcp: reset rcv wnd on disconnect") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

mptcp: do not drop partial packets

2026-06-09T10:28:51+00:00

[ Upstream commit 50c2d91c5dfa0e465826ec1f8dbad9cdc254bd85 ] When a packet arrives with map_seq < ack_seq < end_seq, the beginning of the packet has already been acknowledged but the end contains new data. Currently the entire packet is dropped as "old data," forcing the sender to retransmit. Instead, skip the already-acked bytes by adjusting the skb offset and enqueue only the new portion. Update bytes_received and ack_seq to reflect the new data consumed. A previous attempt at this fix has been sent by Paolo Abeni [1], but had issues [2]: it also added a zero-window check and changed rcv_wnd_sent initialization, which caused test regressions. This version addresses only the partial packet handling without modifying receive window accounting. Fixes: ab174ad8ef76 ("mptcp: move ooo skbs into msk out of order queue.") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/c9b426a4e163aa3c4fe8b80c79f1a610f47ae7d8.1763075056.git.pabeni@redhat.com [1] Closes: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/mptcp_net-next/issues/600 [2] Signed-off-by: Shardul Bankar [pabeni@redhat.com: update map] Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Reviewed-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260515-net-mptcp-misc-fixes-7-1-rc4-v2-1-701e96419f2f@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

mptcp: borrow forward memory from subflow

2026-06-09T10:28:51+00:00

[ Upstream commit 9db5b3cec4ec1c0cd3239689f5c8653d691a1754 ] In the MPTCP receive path, we release the subflow allocated fwd memory just to allocate it again shortly after for the msk. That could increases the failures chances, especially when we will add backlog processing, with other actions could consume the just released memory before the msk socket has a chance to do the rcv allocation. Replace the skb_orphan() call with an open-coded variant that explicitly borrows, the fwd memory from the subflow socket instead of releasing it. The borrowed memory does not have PAGE_SIZE granularity; rounding to the page size will make the fwd allocated memory higher than what is strictly required and could make the incoming subflow fwd mem consistently negative. Instead, keep track of the accumulated frag and borrow the full page at subflow close time. This allow removing the last drop in the TCP to MPTCP transition and the associated, now unused, MIB. Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251121-net-next-mptcp-memcg-backlog-imp-v1-12-1f34b6c1e0b1@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Stable-dep-of: 50c2d91c5dfa ("mptcp: do not drop partial packets") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

mptcp: handle first subflow closing consistently

2026-06-09T10:28:50+00:00

[ Upstream commit 0eeb372deebce6c25b9afc09e35d6c75a744299a ] Currently, as soon as the PM closes a subflow, the msk stops accepting data from it, even if the TCP socket could be still formally open in the incoming direction, with the notable exception of the first subflow. The root cause of such behavior is that code currently piggy back two separate semantic on the subflow->disposable bit: the subflow context must be released and that the subflow must stop accepting incoming data. The first subflow is never disposed, so it also never stop accepting incoming data. Use a separate bit to mark the latter status and set such bit in __mptcp_close_ssk() for all subflows. Beyond making per subflow behaviour more consistent this will also simplify the next patch. Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251121-net-next-mptcp-memcg-backlog-imp-v1-11-1f34b6c1e0b1@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Stable-dep-of: 50c2d91c5dfa ("mptcp: do not drop partial packets") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

mptcp: pm: fix ADD_ADDR timer infinite retry on option space insufficient

2026-06-01T15:50:44+00:00

commit 51e398a3b8961b26a8c0a4ba9a777c5339791707 upstream. When TCP option space is insufficient (e.g., when sending ADD_ADDR with an IPv6 address and port while tcp_timestamps is enabled), the original code jumped to out_unlock without clearing the addr_signal flag. This caused mptcp_pm_add_timer to keep rescheduling indefinitely, not sending ADD_ADDR, preventing subsequent addresses in the endpoint list from being announced. Handle this case by clearing the ADD_ADDR signal and skipping the matching ADD_ADDR retransmission entry. The skip path cancels the matching timer (with id check) and advances PM state progression, preserving forward progress to subsequent PM work. This cancellation is inherently best-effort. A concurrent add_timer callback may already be running and may acquire pm.lock before the cancel path updates entry state. In that case, one final ADD_ADDR transmit attempt can still be executed. Once the cancel path sets entry->retrans_times to ADD_ADDR_RETRANS_MAX, the callback-side retrans_times check suppresses further ADD_ADDR retransmissions. Note that when an ADD_ADDR is being prepared, a pure-ACK is queued. On the output side, it means that it is fine to skip non-pure-ACK packets, when drop_other_suboptions is set: a pure-ACK will be processed soon after. Fixes: 00cfd77b9063 ("mptcp: retransmit ADD_ADDR when timeout") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Li Xiasong Reviewed-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260515-net-mptcp-misc-fixes-7-1-rc4-v2-2-701e96419f2f@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

mptcp: pm: ADD_ADDR rtx: return early if no retrans

2026-05-14T13:30:23+00:00

commit 62a9b19dce77e72426f049fb99b9d1d032b9a8ea upstream. No need to iterate over all subflows if there is no retransmission needed. Exit early in this case then. Fixes: 30549eebc4d8 ("mptcp: make ADD_ADDR retransmission timeout adaptive") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260505-net-mptcp-pm-fixes-7-1-rc3-v1-8-fca8091060a4@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

mptcp: pm: ADD_ADDR rtx: resched blocked ADD_ADDR quicker

2026-05-14T13:30:23+00:00

commit 3cf12492891c4b5ff54dda404a2de4ec54c9e1b5 upstream. When an ADD_ADDR needs to be retransmitted and another one has already been prepared -- e.g. multiple ADD_ADDRs have been sent in a row and need to be retransmitted later -- this additional retransmission will need to wait. In this case, the timer was reset to TCP_RTO_MAX / 8, which is ~15 seconds. This delay is unnecessary long: it should just be rescheduled at the next opportunity, e.g. after the retransmission timeout. Without this modification, some issues can be seen from time to time in the selftests when multiple ADD_ADDRs are sent, and the host takes time to process them, e.g. the "signal addresses, ADD_ADDR timeout" MPTCP Join selftest, especially with a debug kernel config. Note that on older kernels, 'timeout' is not available. It should be enough to replace it by one second (HZ). Fixes: 00cfd77b9063 ("mptcp: retransmit ADD_ADDR when timeout") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260505-net-mptcp-pm-fixes-7-1-rc3-v1-6-fca8091060a4@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

mptcp: pm: ADD_ADDR rtx: free sk if last

2026-05-14T13:30:23+00:00

commit b7b9a461569734d33d3259d58d2507adfac107ed upstream. When an ADD_ADDR is retransmitted, the sk is held in sk_reset_timer(), and released at the end. If at that moment, it was the last reference being held, the sk would not be freed. sock_put() should then be called instead of __sock_put(). But that's not enough: if it is the last reference, sock_put() will call sk_free(), which will end up calling sk_stop_timer_sync() on the same timer, and waiting indefinitely to finish. So it is needed to mark that the timer is done at the end of the timer handler when it has not been rescheduled, not to call sk_stop_timer_sync() on "itself". Fixes: 00cfd77b9063 ("mptcp: retransmit ADD_ADDR when timeout") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260505-net-mptcp-pm-fixes-7-1-rc3-v1-5-fca8091060a4@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

mptcp: pm: ADD_ADDR rtx: always decrease sk refcount

2026-05-14T13:30:23+00:00

commit 9634cb35af17019baec21ca648516ce376fa10e6 upstream. When an ADD_ADDR is retransmitted, the sk is held in sk_reset_timer(). It should then be released in all cases at the end. Some (unlikely) checks were returning directly instead of calling sock_put() to decrease the refcount. Jump to a new 'exit' label to call __sock_put() (which will become sock_put() in the next commit) to fix this potential leak. While at it, drop the '!msk' check which cannot happen because it is never reset, and explicitly mark the remaining one as "unlikely". Fixes: 00cfd77b9063 ("mptcp: retransmit ADD_ADDR when timeout") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260505-net-mptcp-pm-fixes-7-1-rc3-v1-4-fca8091060a4@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman