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-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/tcp_input.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index c701f6abbfc1..5c16e24a6061 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -4420,9 +4420,11 @@ int tcp_rcv_state_process(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
* But, this leaves one open to an easy denial of
* service attack, and SYN cookies can't defend
* against this problem. So, we drop the data
- * in the interest of security over speed.
+ * in the interest of security over speed unless
+ * it's still in use.
*/
- goto discard;
+ kfree_skb(skb);
+ return 0;
}
goto discard;