Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com> wrote:
> We currently check current frags memory usage only when
> a new frag queue is created. This allows attackers to first
> consume the memory budget (default : 4 MB) creating thousands
> of frag queues, then sending tiny skbs to exceed high_thresh
> limit by 2 to 3 order of magnitude.
>
> Note that before commit 648700f76b03 ("inet: frags: use rhashtables
> for reassembly units"), work queue could be starved under DOS,
> getting no cpu cycles.
> After commit 648700f76b03, only the per frag queue timer can eventually
> remove an incomplete frag queue and its skbs.
I'm not sure this is a good idea.
This can now prevent "good" queue from completing just because attacker
is sending garbage.
