From 28803c739ac24f0b71167c2735fb35d04b19384a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christoph Paasch Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 19:28:19 +0200 Subject: mptcp: drop skb if MPTCP skb extension allocation fails When skb_ext_add(skb, SKB_EXT_MPTCP) fails in mptcp_incoming_options(), we used to return true, letting the segment proceed through the TCP receive path without a DSS mapping. Such segments can leave inconsistent mapping state and trigger a mid-stream fallback to TCP, which in testing collapsed (by artificially forcing failures in skb_ext_add) throughput to zero. Return false instead so the TCP input path drops the skb (see tcp_data_queue() and step-7 processing). This is the safer choice under memory pressure: it preserves MPTCP correctness and provides backpressure to the sender. Control packets remain unaffected: ACK updates and DATA_FIN handling happen before attempting the extension allocation, and tcp_reset() continues to ignore the return value. With this change, MPTCP continues to work at high throughput if we artificially inject failures into skb_ext_add. Fixes: 6787b7e350d3 ("mptcp: avoid processing packet if a subflow reset") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christoph Paasch Reviewed-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250815-net-mptcp-misc-fixes-6-17-rc2-v1-1-521fe9957892@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- net/mptcp/options.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/net/mptcp/options.c +++ b/net/mptcp/options.c @@ -1117,7 +1117,9 @@ static bool add_addr_hmac_valid(struct m return hmac == mp_opt->ahmac; } -/* Return false if a subflow has been reset, else return true */ +/* Return false in case of error (or subflow has been reset), + * else return true. + */ bool mptcp_incoming_options(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb) { struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow = mptcp_subflow_ctx(sk); @@ -1221,7 +1223,7 @@ bool mptcp_incoming_options(struct sock mpext = skb_ext_add(skb, SKB_EXT_MPTCP); if (!mpext) - return true; + return false; memset(mpext, 0, sizeof(*mpext));