[PATCH] net: tcp: avoid division by zero in __tcp_select_window

From: Evan Li
Date: Mon Dec 01 2025 - 05:45:53 EST


We discovered a division-by-zero bug in __tcp_select_window() since
commit ae155060247b ("mptcp: fix duplicate reset on fastclose").

Under certain conditions during MPTCP fastclose, the mss value passed to
__tcp_select_window can be zero. The existing logic attempts to perform
rounddown(free_space, mss) without validating mss, leading to a division
operation in the helper (via do_div() or inline assembly) that triggers a
UBSAN overflow and kernel oops:

UBSAN: division-overflow in net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:3333:13
division by zero
RIP: __tcp_select_window+0x58a/0x1240
Call Trace:
__tcp_transmit_skb+0xca3/0x38b0
tcp_send_active_reset+0x422/0x7e0
mptcp_do_fastclose+0x158/0x1e0
...

The issue occurs when tcp_send_active_reset() is called on a subflow with
an unset or zero mss, which can happen during fastclose teardown due to
earlier state transitions.

This patch adds a guard to return 0 immediately if mss == 0, preventing
the unsafe rounding operation. This is safe because a zero MSS implies
invalid or uninitialized state, and returning zero window reflects that no
reliable data transmission can proceed.

Fixes: ae155060247b ("mptcp: fix duplicate reset on fastclose")
Reported-by: kitta <kitta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220820
Co-developed-by: kitta <kitta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Evan Li <evan.li@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index b94efb3050d2..e6d2851a0ae9 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -3329,9 +3329,11 @@ u32 __tcp_select_window(struct sock *sk)
* We also don't do any window rounding when the free space
* is too small.
*/
- if (window <= free_space - mss || window > free_space)
+ if (window <= free_space - mss || window > free_space) {
+ if (unlikely(mss == 0))
+ return 0; /* Prevent division by zero */
window = rounddown(free_space, mss);
- else if (mss == full_space &&
+ } else if (mss == full_space &&
free_space > window + (full_space >> 1))
window = free_space;
}
--
2.43.7