TCP: Fix shrinking windows with window scaling (upstream patch)
Bug #230456 reported by
Daniel Hahler
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Hardy |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
While reading the upstream/OpenVZ kernel commit log, I've stumbled upon:
http://
The patch appears to be trivial and the potential of this bug quite high:
"If both sides are in this condition, this leads to a constant flood of
ACKs until the connection times out."
Please consider including it into the Ubuntu kernel for Hardy.
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Approved for SRU.