From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:18:47 -0800 > [PATCH] tcp: accept RST without ACK flag > > commit c3ae62af8e755 (tcp: should drop incoming frames without ACK flag > set) added a regression on the handling of RST messages. > > RST should be allowed to come even without ACK bit set. We validate > the RST by checking the exact sequence, as requested by RFC 793 and > 5961 3.2, in tcp_validate_incoming() > > Reported-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@xxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> Applied, thanks Eric. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>