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Merge branch 'tcp-destroy-tcp-ao-tcp-md5-keys-in-sk_destruct'
authorJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Fri, 12 Sep 2025 02:05:59 +0000 (19:05 -0700)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Fri, 12 Sep 2025 02:05:59 +0000 (19:05 -0700)
Dmitry Safonov says:

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tcp: Destroy TCP-AO, TCP-MD5 keys in .sk_destruct()

On one side a minor/cosmetic issue, especially nowadays when
TCP-AO/TCP-MD5 signature verification failures aren't logged to dmesg.

Yet, I think worth addressing for two reasons:
- unsigned RST gets ignored by the peer and the connection is alive for
  longer (keep-alive interval)
- netstat counters increase and trace events report that trusted BGP peer
  is sending unsigned/incorrectly signed segments, which can ring alarm
  on monitoring.
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Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250909-b4-tcp-ao-md5-rst-finwait2-v5-0-9ffaaaf8b236@arista.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

Trivial merge