Test RST handling in TIME_WAIT.

gVisor stack ignores RSTs when in TIME_WAIT which is not the default
Linux behavior. Add a packetimpact test to test the same.
Also update code comments to reflect the rationale for the current
gVisor behavior.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 331629879

2 files changed, 80 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/packetimpact/tests/BUILD b/test/packetimpact/tests/BUILD
index e1ed0cc60..6dda05102 100644
--- a/test/packetimpact/tests/BUILD
+++ b/test/packetimpact/tests/BUILD
@@ -260,6 +260,18 @@ packetimpact_go_test(
 )
 
 packetimpact_go_test(
+    name = "tcp_timewait_reset",
+    srcs = ["tcp_timewait_reset_test.go"],
+    # TODO(b/168523247): Fix netstack then remove the line below.
+    expect_netstack_failure = True,
+    deps = [
+        "//pkg/tcpip/header",
+        "//test/packetimpact/testbench",
+        "@org_golang_x_sys//unix:go_default_library",
+    ],
+)
+
+packetimpact_go_test(
     name = "icmpv6_param_problem",
     srcs = ["icmpv6_param_problem_test.go"],
     # TODO(b/153485026): Fix netstack then remove the line below.
diff --git a/test/packetimpact/tests/tcp_timewait_reset_test.go b/test/packetimpact/tests/tcp_timewait_reset_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f76a6531
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/packetimpact/tests/tcp_timewait_reset_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+// Copyright 2020 The gVisor Authors.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package tcp_timewait_reset_test
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/header"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/test/packetimpact/testbench"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	testbench.RegisterFlags(flag.CommandLine)
+}
+
+// TestTimeWaitReset tests handling of RST when in TIME_WAIT state.
+func TestTimeWaitReset(t *testing.T) {
+	dut := testbench.NewDUT(t)
+	defer dut.TearDown()
+	listenFD, remotePort := dut.CreateListener(t, unix.SOCK_STREAM, unix.IPPROTO_TCP, 1 /*backlog*/)
+	defer dut.Close(t, listenFD)
+	conn := testbench.NewTCPIPv4(t, testbench.TCP{DstPort: &remotePort}, testbench.TCP{SrcPort: &remotePort})
+	defer conn.Close(t)
+
+	conn.Connect(t)
+	acceptFD, _ := dut.Accept(t, listenFD)
+
+	// Trigger active close.
+	dut.Close(t, acceptFD)
+
+	_, err := conn.Expect(t, testbench.TCP{Flags: testbench.Uint8(header.TCPFlagFin | header.TCPFlagAck)}, time.Second)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected a FIN: %s", err)
+	}
+	conn.Send(t, testbench.TCP{Flags: testbench.Uint8(header.TCPFlagAck)})
+	// Send a FIN, DUT should transition to TIME_WAIT from FIN_WAIT2.
+	conn.Send(t, testbench.TCP{Flags: testbench.Uint8(header.TCPFlagFin | header.TCPFlagAck)})
+	if _, err := conn.Expect(t, testbench.TCP{Flags: testbench.Uint8(header.TCPFlagAck)}, time.Second); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected an ACK for our FIN: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	// Send a RST, the DUT should transition to CLOSED from TIME_WAIT.
+	// This is the default Linux behavior, it can be changed to ignore RSTs via
+	// sysctl net.ipv4.tcp_rfc1337.
+	conn.Send(t, testbench.TCP{Flags: testbench.Uint8(header.TCPFlagRst)})
+
+	conn.Send(t, testbench.TCP{Flags: testbench.Uint8(header.TCPFlagAck)})
+	// The DUT should reply with RST to our ACK as the state should have
+	// transitioned to CLOSED.
+	if _, err := conn.Expect(t, testbench.TCP{Flags: testbench.Uint8(header.TCPFlagRst)}, time.Second); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected a RST: %s", err)
+	}
+}