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Date:      Tue, 18 Jun 2019 08:39:55 -0700
From:      Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>
To:        hiren <hiren@strugglingcoder.info>, hiren via freebsd-security <freebsd-security@freebsd.org>, mike tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
Cc:        "freebsd-security@freebsd.org" <freebsd-security@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: TCP SACK (CVE-2019-5599)
Message-ID:  <4FEA2C68-77D2-4DE7-BCD4-9D1F9343670B@cschubert.com>
In-Reply-To: <20190618145709.GI52008@strugglingcoder.info>
References:  <29d6e221-e88a-f828-0e5b-ac235691ed86@sentex.net> <20190618145709.GI52008@strugglingcoder.info>

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On June 18, 2019 7:57:09 AM PDT, hiren via freebsd-security <freebsd-securi=
ty@freebsd=2Eorg> wrote:
>On 06/18/19 at 10:33P, mike tancsa wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> With respect to the bugs describe in
>>
>https://github=2Ecom/Netflix/security-bulletins/blob/master/advisories/th=
ird-party/2019-001=2Emd
>> *<quote>
>>       SACK Slowness (FreeBSD 12 using the RACK TCP Stack)
>[snip]
>>=20
>> *</quote>*
>>=20
>> *How does I know if this is enabled in my default kernel on RELENG_12
>?
>> There is some vague mention in various forums this is not the default
>on
>> FreeBSD ? Can anyone shed more light as to how this does/does not
>impact
>> FreeBSD ?
>
>RACK is one of the tcp stacks ($src/sys/netinet/tcp_stacks) and not
>enabled by default=2E
>
>So, by default, FreeBSD is not affected, afaict=2E This advisory is for
>when you do use RACK=2E
>
>Cheers,
>Hiren

They post a workaround patch in their advisory=2E As RACK is their contrib=
ution, I suppose one of their people who are committers might want to commi=
t it=2E


--=20
Pardon the typos and autocorrect, small keyboard in use=2E
Cheers,
Cy Schubert <Cy=2ESchubert@cschubert=2Ecom>
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	The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few=2E



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