* [PATCH] netfilter6 ip6_packet_match doesn't properly skip exthdrs
@ 2004-09-30 12:14 Olaf Kirch
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From: Olaf Kirch @ 2004-09-30 12:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev; +Cc: netfilter-devel
This patch fixes a bug in the ip6_tables code that tries to skip extension
headers. Packets with extension headers were usually not matched because
the code was looking at the wrong offset inside the skb.
Signed-off-by: Olaf Kirch <okir@suse.de>
Index: linux-2.6.8.nf/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c
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--- linux-2.6.8.nf.orig/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c 2004-09-30 14:07:51.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.8.nf/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c 2004-09-30 14:07:57.000000000 +0200
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
u_int16_t ptr; /* Header offset in skb */
u_int16_t hdrlen; /* Header */
- ptr = IPV6_HDR_LEN;
+ ptr = ((char *) ipv6 - (char *) skb->data) + IPV6_HDR_LEN;
while (ip6t_ext_hdr(currenthdr)) {
/* Is there enough space for the next ext header? */
--
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