CVE-2019-18805

A flaw was reported in the Linux kernel’s TCP subsystem while calculating a packet round trip time, when a sysctl parameter (/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_min_rtt_wlen) is set incorrectly. This causes an integer overflow which can lead to a denial Of service (DOS) attack.

Mitigation

This flaw can be mitigated by setting the sysctl parameter (/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_min_rtt_wlen) with 300 which means the packet time will not exceed more then 5 minutes and which should not cause an integer overflow.