CVE-2024-41007
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: avoid too many retransmit packets If a TCP socket is using TCP_USER_TIMEOUT, and the other peer retracted its window to zero, tcp_retransmit_timer() can retransmit a packet every…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.77%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: avoid too many retransmit packets If a TCP socket is using TCP_USER_TIMEOUT, and the other peer retracted its window to zero, tcp_retransmit_timer() can retransmit a packet every two jiffies (2 ms for HZ=1000), for about 4 minutes after TCP_USER_TIMEOUT has 'expired'. The fix is to make sure tcp_rtx_probe0_timed_out() takes icsk->icsk_user_timeout into account. Before blamed commit, the socket would not timeout after icsk->icsk_user_timeout, but would use standard exponential backoff for the retransmits. Also worth noting that before commit e89688e3e978 ("net: tcp: fix unexcepted socket die when snd_wnd is 0"), the issue would last 2 minutes instead of 4.
- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- EPSS
- 0.77% probability · 54th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04317a2471c2f637b4c49cbd0e9c0d04a519f570Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d7e64d70a11d988553a08239c810a658e841982Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66cb64a1d2239cd0309f9b5038b05462570a5be1Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bb7670f92bfbd05fc41a8f9a8f358b7ffed65f4Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97a9063518f198ec0adb2ecb89789de342bb8283Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2346fca5bed130dc712f276ac63450201d52969Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfcdd7f89e401d2c6616be90c76c2fac3fa98fdePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e113cddefa27bbf5a79f72387b8fbd432a61a466Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04317a2471c2f637b4c49cbd0e9c0d04a519f570Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d7e64d70a11d988553a08239c810a658e841982Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66cb64a1d2239cd0309f9b5038b05462570a5be1Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bb7670f92bfbd05fc41a8f9a8f358b7ffed65f4Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97a9063518f198ec0adb2ecb89789de342bb8283Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2346fca5bed130dc712f276ac63450201d52969Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfcdd7f89e401d2c6616be90c76c2fac3fa98fdePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e113cddefa27bbf5a79f72387b8fbd432a61a466Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.