hotfix(pmtud/tcp): respect MSS from server into account

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Quentin McGaw
2026-02-18 18:32:10 +00:00
parent 183d351b58
commit 224618337c
2 changed files with 233 additions and 40 deletions
+34 -15
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@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ var (
errTCPPacketNotSynAck = errors.New("TCP packet is not a SYN-ACK")
errTCPSynAckAckMismatch = errors.New("TCP SYN-ACK ACK number does not match expected value")
errFinalPacketTypeUnexpected = errors.New("final TCP packet type is unexpected")
errTCPPacketLost = errors.New("TCP packet was lost")
)
// Craft and send a raw TCP packet to test the MTU.
@@ -95,22 +96,37 @@ func runTest(ctx context.Context, fd fileDescriptor,
case reply = <-ch:
}
packetType, synAckSeq, synAckAck, err := parseTCPHeader(reply[:constants.BaseTCPHeaderLength])
firstReplyHeader, err := parseTCPHeader(reply)
switch {
case err != nil:
return fmt.Errorf("parsing first reply TCP header: %w", err)
case packetType == packetTypeRST:
case firstReplyHeader.typ == packetTypeRST,
firstReplyHeader.typ == packetTypeRSTACK:
// server actively closed the connection, try sending a SYN with data
return handleRSTReply(ctx, fd, ch, src, dst, mtu)
case packetType != packetTypeSYNACK:
return fmt.Errorf("%w: unexpected packet type %s", errTCPPacketNotSynAck, packetType)
case synAckAck != synSeq+1:
return fmt.Errorf("%w: expected %d, got %d", errTCPSynAckAckMismatch, synSeq+1, synAckAck)
case firstReplyHeader.typ != packetTypeSYNACK:
return fmt.Errorf("%w: unexpected packet type %s", errTCPPacketNotSynAck, firstReplyHeader.typ)
case firstReplyHeader.ack != synSeq+1:
return fmt.Errorf("%w: expected %d, got %d", errTCPSynAckAckMismatch, synSeq+1, firstReplyHeader.ack)
}
if firstReplyHeader.options.mss != 0 {
// If the server sent an MSS option, make sure our test packet is not larger than that MSS.
tcpDataLength := getPayloadLength(mtu, dst) - constants.BaseTCPHeaderLength
if tcpDataLength > uint32(firstReplyHeader.options.mss) {
diff := tcpDataLength - uint32(firstReplyHeader.options.mss)
minMTU := constants.MinIPv4MTU
if dst.Addr().Is6() {
minMTU = constants.MinIPv6MTU
}
diff = min(diff, mtu-minMTU)
mtu -= diff
}
}
// Send an ACK packet to finish the 3-way handshake, together with the
// data to test the MTU, using TCP fast-open.
ackPacket := createACKPacket(src, dst, synAckAck, synAckSeq+1, mtu)
ackPacket := createACKPacket(src, dst, firstReplyHeader.ack, firstReplyHeader.seq+1, mtu)
err = sendTo(fd, ackPacket, sendToFlags, dstSockAddr)
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("sending ACK packet: %w", err)
@@ -122,23 +138,25 @@ func runTest(ctx context.Context, fd fileDescriptor,
case reply = <-ch:
}
packetType, _, ack, err := parseTCPHeader(reply[:constants.BaseTCPHeaderLength])
finalPacketHeader, err := parseTCPHeader(reply)
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("parsing second reply TCP header: %w", err)
}
switch packetType { //nolint:exhaustive
switch finalPacketHeader.typ { //nolint:exhaustive
case packetTypeRST:
return nil
case packetTypeACK:
err = sendRST(fd, src, dst, ack)
err = sendRST(fd, src, dst, finalPacketHeader.ack)
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("sending RST packet: %w", err)
}
return nil
case packetTypeSYNACK: // server never received our MTU-test ACK packet
return fmt.Errorf("%w: server responded with second SYN-ACK packet", errTCPPacketLost)
default:
_ = sendRST(fd, src, dst, ack)
return fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", errFinalPacketTypeUnexpected, packetType)
_ = sendRST(fd, src, dst, finalPacketHeader.ack)
return fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", errFinalPacketTypeUnexpected, finalPacketHeader.typ)
}
}
@@ -161,11 +179,12 @@ func handleRSTReply(ctx context.Context, fd fileDescriptor, ch <-chan []byte,
case reply = <-ch:
}
packetType, _, _, err := parseTCPHeader(reply[:constants.BaseTCPHeaderLength])
replyPacketHeader, err := parseTCPHeader(reply)
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("parsing reply TCP header: %w", err)
} else if packetType != packetTypeRST {
return fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", errTCPPacketNotRST, packetType)
} else if replyPacketHeader.typ != packetTypeRST &&
replyPacketHeader.typ != packetTypeRSTACK {
return fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", errTCPPacketNotRST, replyPacketHeader.typ)
}
return nil
}