[PATCH net 2/2] selftests/net: packetdrill: cover RST validation in SYN-RECEIVED

From: Yuxiang Yang

Date: Fri Jul 17 2026 - 04:16:16 EST


Add packetdrill coverage for the RFC 9293 reset checks on request
sockets in SYN-RECEIVED. Verify that an exact RST removes the request,
a non-exact in-window RST sends a challenge ACK without removing it,
and an out-of-window RST is silently discarded.

Also cover an RST|ACK with an unacceptable ACK number to ensure RST
sequence validation runs before ACK-field validation.

Signed-off-by: Yuxiang Yang <yangyx22@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../packetdrill/tcp_rfc5961_rst-syn-recv.pkt | 61 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 61 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/net/packetdrill/tcp_rfc5961_rst-syn-recv.pkt

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/packetdrill/tcp_rfc5961_rst-syn-recv.pkt b/tools/testing/selftests/net/packetdrill/tcp_rfc5961_rst-syn-recv.pkt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3fc2de036
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/packetdrill/tcp_rfc5961_rst-syn-recv.pkt
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+//
+// RFC 9293 Section 3.10.7.4: in SYN-RECEIVED, an exact RST resets
+// the connection. A non-exact in-window RST elicits a challenge ACK,
+// while an out-of-window RST is silently discarded.
+
+`./defaults.sh`
+
+// An exact RST removes the request socket.
+ 0 socket(..., SOCK_STREAM|SOCK_NONBLOCK, IPPROTO_TCP) = 3
+ +0 setsockopt(3, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, [1], 4) = 0
+ +0 bind(3, ..., ...) = 0
+ +0 listen(3, 1) = 0
+ +0 < S 0:0(0) win 1000 <mss 1000,sackOK,nop,nop,nop,wscale 0>
+ +0 > S. 0:0(0) ack 1 <...>
+ +0 < R 1:1(0) win 1000
+ +.1 < . 1:1(0) ack 1 win 1000
+ +0 > R 1:1(0)
+ +0 close(3) = 0
+
+// A non-exact in-window RST gets a challenge ACK and the request survives.
+ +0 socket(..., SOCK_STREAM|SOCK_NONBLOCK, IPPROTO_TCP) = 3
+ +0 setsockopt(3, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, [1], 4) = 0
+ +0 bind(3, ..., ...) = 0
+ +0 listen(3, 1) = 0
+ +0 < S 0:0(0) win 1000 <mss 1000,sackOK,nop,nop,nop,wscale 0>
+ +0 > S. 0:0(0) ack 1 <...>
+ +0 < R 2:2(0) win 1000
+ +0 > . 1:1(0) ack 1
+ +0 < . 1:1(0) ack 1 win 1000
+ +0 accept(3, ..., ...) = 4
+ +0 close(4) = 0
+ +0 close(3) = 0
+
+// RST sequence validation precedes ACK validation. Even an RST|ACK
+// with an unacceptable ACK value gets a challenge ACK.
+ +0 socket(..., SOCK_STREAM|SOCK_NONBLOCK, IPPROTO_TCP) = 3
+ +0 setsockopt(3, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, [1], 4) = 0
+ +0 bind(3, ..., ...) = 0
+ +0 listen(3, 1) = 0
+ +0 < S 0:0(0) win 1000 <mss 1000,sackOK,nop,nop,nop,wscale 0>
+ +0 > S. 0:0(0) ack 1 <...>
+ +0 < R. 2:2(0) ack 100 win 1000
+ +0 > . 1:1(0) ack 1
+ +0 < . 1:1(0) ack 1 win 1000
+ +0 accept(3, ..., ...) = 4
+ +0 close(4) = 0
+ +0 close(3) = 0
+
+// An out-of-window RST is silent and does not remove the request.
+ +0 socket(..., SOCK_STREAM|SOCK_NONBLOCK, IPPROTO_TCP) = 3
+ +0 setsockopt(3, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, [1], 4) = 0
+ +0 bind(3, ..., ...) = 0
+ +0 listen(3, 1) = 0
+ +0 < S 0:0(0) win 1000 <mss 1000,sackOK,nop,nop,nop,wscale 0>
+ +0 > S. 0:0(0) ack 1 <...>
+ +0 < R 100001:100001(0) win 1000
+ +.1 < . 1:1(0) ack 1 win 1000
+ +0 accept(3, ..., ...) = 4
+ +0 close(4) = 0
+ +0 close(3) = 0
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