CVE-2024-41007

CVE-2024-41007 relates to a Linux kernel TCP issue where a socket using TCP_USER_TIMEOUT could have the retransmit timer emit packets for minutes after the user timeout expired if the peer reduced its window to zero. The underlying cause was tcp_retransmit_timer() ignoring icsk_user_timeout under...

CVE-2024-41007 tcp: avoid too many retransmit packets

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: avoid too many retransmit packets If a TCP socket is using TCPUSERTIMEOUT, and the other peer retracted its window to zero, tcpretransmittimer can retransmit a packet every two jiffies 2 ms for HZ=1000, for about 4 minutes...

CVE-2024-41007 tcp: avoid too many retransmit packets

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: avoid too many retransmit packets If a TCP socket is using TCPUSERTIMEOUT, and the other peer retracted its window to zero, tcpretransmittimer can retransmit a packet every two jiffies 2 ms for HZ=1000, for about 4 minutes...