tipc: fix duplicate SYN messages under link congestion

Scenario:
1. A client socket initiates a SYN message to a listening socket.
2. The send link is congested, the SYN message is put in the
send link and a wakeup message is put in wakeup queue.
3. The congestion situation is abated, the wakeup message is
pulled out of the wakeup queue. Function tipc_sk_push_backlog()
is called to send out delayed messages by Nagle. However,
the client socket is still in CONNECTING state. So, it sends
the SYN message in the socket write queue to the listening socket
again.
4. The listening socket receives the first SYN message and creates
first server socket. The client socket receives ACK- and establishes
a connection to the first server socket. The client socket closes
its connection with the first server socket.
5. The listening socket receives the second SYN message and creates
second server socket. The second server socket sends ACK- to the
client socket, but it has been closed. It results in connection
reset error when reading from the server socket in user space.

Solution: return from function tipc_sk_push_backlog() immediately
if there is pending SYN message in the socket write queue.

Fixes: c0bceb9 ("tipc: add smart nagle feature")
Signed-off-by: Tung Nguyen <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Jon Maloy <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>

Author: Tung Nguyen

net/tipc/socket.c

@@ -540,12 +540,10 @@ static void __tipc_shutdown(struct socket *sock, int error)
 	tipc_wait_for_cond(sock, &timeout, (!tsk->cong_link_cnt &&
 					    !tsk_conn_cong(tsk)));
 
-	/* Push out unsent messages or remove if pending SYN */
-	skb = skb_peek(&sk->sk_write_queue);
-	if (skb && !msg_is_syn(buf_msg(skb)))
-		tipc_sk_push_backlog(tsk);
-	else
-		__skb_queue_purge(&sk->sk_write_queue);
+	/* Push out delayed messages if in Nagle mode */
+	tipc_sk_push_backlog(tsk);
+	/* Remove pending SYN */
+	__skb_queue_purge(&sk->sk_write_queue);
 
 	/* Reject all unreceived messages, except on an active connection
 	 * (which disconnects locally & sends a 'FIN+' to peer).
@@ -1248,9 +1246,14 @@ static void tipc_sk_push_backlog(struct tipc_sock *tsk)
 	struct sk_buff_head *txq = &tsk->sk.sk_write_queue;
 	struct net *net = sock_net(&tsk->sk);
 	u32 dnode = tsk_peer_node(tsk);
+	struct sk_buff *skb = skb_peek(txq);
 	int rc;
 
-	if (skb_queue_empty(txq) || tsk->cong_link_cnt)
+	if (!skb || tsk->cong_link_cnt)
+		return;
+
+	/* Do not send SYN again after congestion */
+	if (msg_is_syn(buf_msg(skb)))
 		return;
 
 	tsk->snt_unacked += tsk->snd_backlog;