[PATCH net 2/2] tcp: accecn: initialize AccECN fields in syncookie path
From: Thaison Phan
Date: Sat Nov 14 2026 - 11:14:17 EST
cookie_tcp_reqsk_alloc() and bpf_sk_assign_tcp_reqsk() allocate struct
request_sock without __GFP_ZERO, leaving saw_accecn_opt,
accecn_fail_mode, syn_ect_rcv, and syn_ect_snt uninitialized. When
accecn_ok is negotiated in cookie_{v4,v6}_check(),
tcp_ecn_openreq_child() reads all four fields to initialize the child
socket's AccECN state.
In addition, because the temporary request_sock used to send a cookie
SYN-ACK is immediately freed, treq->syn_ect_snt is lost. If the listener
marks ECT (e.g. DCTCP), leaving syn_ect_snt at 0 causes
tcp_accecn_third_ack() to flag TCP_ACCECN_ACE_FAIL_RECV when the peer
reflects ECT, disabling ECT for the rest of the connection.
Initialize the AccECN fields in cookie_tcp_reqsk_init() to match
tcp_openreq_init(), and set syn_ect_snt from the listener's TOS/tclass
in cookie_{v4,v6}_check() to match tcp_{v4,v6}_send_synack().
Found by code inspection while auditing request_sock initialization in
the syncookie path; reproduced without kernel modifications in a KASAN
VM (tcp_syncookies=2, tcp_ecn=3) and tested against the reproducer and
packetdrill AccECN/syncookie selftests.
Fixes: 3cae34274c79 ("tcp: accecn: AccECN negotiation")
Fixes: b40671b5ee58 ("tcp: accecn: AccECN option failure handling")
Signed-off-by: Thaison Phan <thaisonphan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv4/syncookies.c | 5 +++++
net/ipv6/syncookies.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/syncookies.c b/net/ipv4/syncookies.c
index 4e0ff3b82062..5747f9a5a6d1 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/syncookies.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/syncookies.c
@@ -290,6 +290,10 @@ static int cookie_tcp_reqsk_init(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
*/
treq->txhash = treq->snt_isn;
treq->syn_tos = TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->ip_dsfield;
+ treq->saw_accecn_opt = TCP_ACCECN_OPT_NOT_SEEN;
+ treq->accecn_fail_mode = 0;
+ treq->syn_ect_rcv = 0;
+ treq->syn_ect_snt = 0;
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MPTCP)
treq->is_mptcp = sk_is_mptcp(sk);
@@ -502,6 +506,7 @@ struct sock *cookie_v4_check(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
ireq->rcv_wscale = rcv_wscale;
ireq->ecn_ok &= cookie_ecn_ok(net, &rt->dst);
treq->accecn_ok = ireq->ecn_ok && cookie_accecn_ok(th);
+ treq->syn_ect_snt = READ_ONCE(inet_sk(sk)->tos) & INET_ECN_MASK;
ret = tcp_get_cookie_sock(sk, skb, req, &rt->dst);
/* ip_queue_xmit() depends on our flow being setup
diff --git a/net/ipv6/syncookies.c b/net/ipv6/syncookies.c
index b33011b71fff..7435ebcc366c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/syncookies.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/syncookies.c
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ struct sock *cookie_v6_check(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
ireq->rcv_wscale = rcv_wscale;
ireq->ecn_ok &= cookie_ecn_ok(net, dst);
tcp_rsk(req)->accecn_ok = ireq->ecn_ok && cookie_accecn_ok(th);
+ tcp_rsk(req)->syn_ect_snt = READ_ONCE(np->tclass) & INET_ECN_MASK;
ret = tcp_get_cookie_sock(sk, skb, req, dst);
if (!ret) {
--
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