tcp: relax tcp_paws_check()
Some windows versions have wrong RFC1323 implementations, with SYN and SYNACKS messages containing zero tcp timestamps. We relaxed in commit fc1ad92d the passive connection case (Windows connects to a linux machine), but the reverse case (linux connects to a Windows machine) has an analogue problem when tsvals from windows machine are 'negative' (high order bit set) : PAWS triggers and we drops incoming messages. Fix this by making zero ts_recent value special, allowing frame to be processed. Based on a report and initial patch from Dmitiy Balakin Bugzilla reference : https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24842 Reported-by: dmitriy.balakin@nicneiron.ru Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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