From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: djohnson+linux-kernel@sw.starentnetworks.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
lksctp-developers@lists.sourceforge.net,
sakkiped@starentnetworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IPv6: ipv6_addr_type() doesn't know about RFC4193 addresses
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:12:03 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070725.171203.102545287.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <18087.57717.495366.413571@zeus.sw.starentnetworks.com>
From: Dave Johnson <djohnson+linux-kernel@sw.starentnetworks.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:49:09 -0400
>
> ipv6_addr_type() doesn't check for 'Unique Local IPv6 Unicast
> Addresses' (RFC4193) and returns IPV6_ADDR_RESERVED for that range.
>
> SCTP uses this function and will fail bind() and connect() calls that
> use RFC4193 addresses, SCTP will also ignore inbound connections from
> RFC4193 addresses if listening on IPV6_ADDR_ANY.
>
> There may be other users of ipv6_addr_type() that could also have
> problems.
Contrarily, there may be ipv6_addr_type() call sites that really
do want to reject rfc4193 addresses.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-07-26 0:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-07-25 23:49 [PATCH] IPv6: ipv6_addr_type() doesn't know about RFC4193 addresses Dave Johnson
2007-07-26 0:12 ` David Miller [this message]
2007-07-26 1:11 ` Dave Johnson
2007-07-26 17:59 ` [Lksctp-developers] " Vlad Yasevich
2007-07-26 18:37 ` YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2007-07-26 17:21 ` Simon Arlott
2007-07-26 18:00 ` Dave Johnson
2007-07-26 18:10 ` [Lksctp-developers] " Vlad Yasevich
2007-07-26 18:06 ` Rémi Denis-Courmont
2007-07-26 18:34 ` YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2007-07-31 0:21 ` David Miller
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