Why are "TCP: Treason uncloaked!" messages seen in the system logs?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The IPV4 networking stack emits the following type of messages :
kernel: TCP: Treason uncloaked! Peer 218.197.40.205:1717/80 shrinks window 1292651286:1292655666. Repaired

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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