4.6-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit f626300a3e776ccc9671b0dd94698fb3aa315966 ] tcp_select_initial_window() intends to advertise a window scaling for the maximum possible window size. To do so, it considers the maximum of net.ipv4.tcp_rmem[2] and net.core.rmem_max as the only possible upper-bounds. However, users with CAP_NET_ADMIN can use SO_RCVBUFFORCE to set the socket's receive buffer size to values larger than net.ipv4.tcp_rmem[2] and net.core.rmem_max. Thus, SO_RCVBUFFORCE is effectively ignored by tcp_select_initial_window(). To fix this, consider the maximum of net.ipv4.tcp_rmem[2], net.core.rmem_max and socket's initial buffer space. Fixes: b0573dea1fb3 ("[NET]: Introduce SO_{SND,RCV}BUFFORCE socket options") Signed-off-by: Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@xxxxxxxxxx> Suggested-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c @@ -236,7 +236,8 @@ void tcp_select_initial_window(int __spa /* Set window scaling on max possible window * See RFC1323 for an explanation of the limit to 14 */ - space = max_t(u32, sysctl_tcp_rmem[2], sysctl_rmem_max); + space = max_t(u32, space, sysctl_tcp_rmem[2]); + space = max_t(u32, space, sysctl_rmem_max); space = min_t(u32, space, *window_clamp); while (space > 65535 && (*rcv_wscale) < 14) { space >>= 1; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html