From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adrian Bunk Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.16-stable] [IPV6]: Restore semantics of Routing Header processing. Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 11:52:44 +0200 Message-ID: <20070523095242.GE2098@stusta.de> References: <20070512.011739.132608903.yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / =?utf-8?B?5ZCJ6Jek6Iux5piO?= Return-path: Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:42824 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756996AbXEWJw5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 May 2007 05:52:57 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070512.011739.132608903.yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 01:17:39AM +0900, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / =E5=90=89= =E8=97=A4=E8=8B=B1=E6=98=8E wrote: > The "fix" for emerging security threats was overkill and it broke > basic semantic of IPv6 routing header processing. We should assume > RT0 as "unknown" RH type so that we > - silently ignore the routing header if segleft =3D=3D 0 > - or, send ICMPv6 Parameter Problem message back to the sender, > otherwise. >... Thanks for the patch, but I'll wait until it's in Linus' tree before=20 applying it (and if I understand Vlad's email on netdev correctly, it=20 might not be applied unchanged to Linus' tree). cu Adrian --=20 "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed