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diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 28e9bd3abceb..b81f45c67b2e 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ extern int sysctl_tcp_challenge_ack_limit;
extern unsigned int sysctl_tcp_notsent_lowat;
extern int sysctl_tcp_min_tso_segs;
extern int sysctl_tcp_autocorking;
+extern int sysctl_tcp_invalid_ratelimit;
extern atomic_long_t tcp_memory_allocated;
extern struct percpu_counter tcp_sockets_allocated;
@@ -1236,6 +1237,37 @@ static inline bool tcp_paws_reject(const struct tcp_options_received *rx_opt,
return true;
}
+/* Return true if we're currently rate-limiting out-of-window ACKs and
+ * thus shouldn't send a dupack right now. We rate-limit dupacks in
+ * response to out-of-window SYNs or ACKs to mitigate ACK loops or DoS
+ * attacks that send repeated SYNs or ACKs for the same connection. To
+ * do this, we do not send a duplicate SYNACK or ACK if the remote
+ * endpoint is sending out-of-window SYNs or pure ACKs at a high rate.
+ */
+static inline bool tcp_oow_rate_limited(struct net *net,
+ const struct sk_buff *skb,
+ int mib_idx, u32 *last_oow_ack_time)
+{
+ /* Data packets without SYNs are not likely part of an ACK loop. */
+ if ((TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->seq != TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->end_seq) &&
+ !tcp_hdr(skb)->syn)
+ goto not_rate_limited;
+
+ if (*last_oow_ack_time) {
+ s32 elapsed = (s32)(tcp_time_stamp - *last_oow_ack_time);
+
+ if (0 <= elapsed && elapsed < sysctl_tcp_invalid_ratelimit) {
+ NET_INC_STATS_BH(net, mib_idx);
+ return true; /* rate-limited: don't send yet! */
+ }
+ }
+
+ *last_oow_ack_time = tcp_time_stamp;
+
+not_rate_limited:
+ return false; /* not rate-limited: go ahead, send dupack now! */
+}
+
static inline void tcp_mib_init(struct net *net)
{
/* See RFC 2012 */