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From 28803c739ac24f0b71167c2735fb35d04b19384a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christoph Paasch <cpaasch@openai.com>
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 <cpaasch@openai.com>
Reviewed-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250815-net-mptcp-misc-fixes-6-17-rc2-v1-1-521fe9957892@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
---
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));