net: tcp: Eliminate race between input thread and TCP work queue
Eliminate race between TCP input thread and TCP work queue, when
dereferencing connection. This normally would not manifest itself during
standard TCP operation, but could be a potential opening for abuse, when
the already closed TCP connection is kept being spammed with packets.
The test scenario involved sending multiple TCP RST packets as a
response to establishing the connection, which could result in system
crash. The following changes in the TCP stack made it stable in such
scenario:
1. Use `tcp_lock` when searching for active connections, to avoid
potential data corruption when connection is being removed when
iterating.
2. Avoid memset() during connection dereference, not to destroy mutex
associated with the connection. The connection context is only
cleared during allocation now.
3. Lock the connection mutex while releasing connection.
4. In tcp_in(), after locking the mutex, verify the connection state,
and quit early if the connection has already been dereferenced.
5. When closing connection from the TCP stack as a result of RST or
malformed packet, verify connection state to make sure it's only done
once, even if multiple RST packets were received.
Signed-off-by:
Robert Lubos <robert.lubos@nordicsemi.no>
Loading
Please sign in to comment