diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 28e9bd3..b81f45c 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@
 extern unsigned int sysctl_tcp_notsent_lowat;
 extern int sysctl_tcp_min_tso_segs;
 extern int sysctl_tcp_autocorking;
+extern int sysctl_tcp_invalid_ratelimit;
 
 extern atomic_long_t tcp_memory_allocated;
 extern struct percpu_counter tcp_sockets_allocated;
@@ -1236,6 +1237,37 @@
 	return true;
 }
 
+/* Return true if we're currently rate-limiting out-of-window ACKs and
+ * thus shouldn't send a dupack right now. We rate-limit dupacks in
+ * response to out-of-window SYNs or ACKs to mitigate ACK loops or DoS
+ * attacks that send repeated SYNs or ACKs for the same connection. To
+ * do this, we do not send a duplicate SYNACK or ACK if the remote
+ * endpoint is sending out-of-window SYNs or pure ACKs at a high rate.
+ */
+static inline bool tcp_oow_rate_limited(struct net *net,
+					const struct sk_buff *skb,
+					int mib_idx, u32 *last_oow_ack_time)
+{
+	/* Data packets without SYNs are not likely part of an ACK loop. */
+	if ((TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->seq != TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->end_seq) &&
+	    !tcp_hdr(skb)->syn)
+		goto not_rate_limited;
+
+	if (*last_oow_ack_time) {
+		s32 elapsed = (s32)(tcp_time_stamp - *last_oow_ack_time);
+
+		if (0 <= elapsed && elapsed < sysctl_tcp_invalid_ratelimit) {
+			NET_INC_STATS_BH(net, mib_idx);
+			return true;	/* rate-limited: don't send yet! */
+		}
+	}
+
+	*last_oow_ack_time = tcp_time_stamp;
+
+not_rate_limited:
+	return false;	/* not rate-limited: go ahead, send dupack now! */
+}
+
 static inline void tcp_mib_init(struct net *net)
 {
 	/* See RFC 2012 */