On Thu,  2 Aug 2018 23:34:37 +0000
Peter Oskolkov <[email protected]> wrote:

> This behavior is required in IPv6, and there is little need
> to tolerate overlapping fragments in IPv4. This change
> simplifies the code and eliminates potential DDoS attack vectors.
> 
> Tested: ran ip_defrag selftest (not yet available uptream).
> 
> Suggested-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Oskolkov <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]>
> Cc: Florian Westphal <[email protected]>

There are a couple of relevant RFC's

RFC 1858 - Security Considerations for IP Fragment Filtering
RFC 2460 - Handling of Overlapping IPv6 Fragments

Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>

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