[PATCH 3.16 189/305] ipv6: fix endianness error in icmpv6_err

Ben Hutchings
2016-08-14T11:39:13Z

From: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>

commit dcb94b88c09ce82a80e188d49bcffdc83ba215a6 upstream.

IPv6 ping socket error handler doesn't correctly convert the new 32 bit
mtu to host endianness before using.

Cc: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com>
Fixes: 6d0bfe22611602f ("net: ipv6: Add IPv6 support to the ping socket.")
Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>
Acked-by: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
---
net/ipv6/icmp.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/net/ipv6/icmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/icmp.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static void icmpv6_err(struct sk_buff *s

if (!(type & ICMPV6_INFOMSG_MASK))
if (icmp6->icmp6_type == ICMPV6_ECHO_REQUEST)
- ping_err(skb, offset, info);
+ ping_err(skb, offset, ntohl(info));
}

static int icmpv6_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb);