https://cve.radiocsirt.org Contains only the most 10 recent entries. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification python-feedgen en Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:09 +0000 https://cve.radiocsirt.org/vuln/cve-2024-41007 <p><strong>Affected:</strong> Linux</p> <p>In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:</p> <p>tcp: avoid too many retransmit packets</p> <p>If a TCP socket is using TCP_USER_TIMEOUT, and the other peer retracted its window to zero, tcp_retransmit_timer() can retransmit a packet every two jiffies (2 ms for HZ=1000), for about 4 minutes after TCP_USER_TIMEOUT has &#39;expired&#39;.</p> <p>The fix is to make sure tcp_rtx_probe0_timed_out() takes icsk-&gt;icsk_user_timeout into account.</p> <p>Before blamed commit, the socket would not timeout after icsk-&gt;icsk_user_timeout, but would use standard exponential backoff for the retransmits.</p> <p>Also worth noting that before commit e89688e3e978 (&#34;net: tcp: fix unexcepted socket die when snd_wnd is 0&#34;), the issue would last 2 minutes instead of 4.</p> <p><strong>Affected:</strong> Linux</p> <p>In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:</p> <p>tcp: avoid too many retransmit packets</p> <p>If a TCP socket is using TCP_USER_TIMEOUT, and the other peer retracted its window to zero, tcp_retransmit_timer() can retransmit a packet every two jiffies (2 ms for HZ=1000), for about 4 minutes after TCP_USER_TIMEOUT has &#39;expired&#39;.</p> <p>The fix is to make sure tcp_rtx_probe0_timed_out() takes icsk-&gt;icsk_user_timeout into account.</p> <p>Before blamed commit, the socket would not timeout after icsk-&gt;icsk_user_timeout, but would use standard exponential backoff for the retransmits.</p> <p>Also worth noting that before commit e89688e3e978 (&#34;net: tcp: fix unexcepted socket die when snd_wnd is 0&#34;), the issue would last 2 minutes instead of 4.</p> https://cve.radiocsirt.org/vuln/cve-2024-41007