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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: raw: fix icmpv6_filter()
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:23:07 -0400 (EDT)
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From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:03:40 +0200

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
> 
> icmpv6_filter() should not modify its input, or else its caller
> would need to recompute ipv6_hdr() if skb->head is reallocated.
> 
> Use skb_header_pointer() instead of pskb_may_pull() and
> change the prototype to make clear both sk and skb are const.
> 
> Also, if icmpv6 header cannot be found, do not deliver the packet,
> as we do in IPv4.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
> ---
> Note: another patch is needed in mip6_mh_filter()

A rather pervasive issues, it appears.

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks Eric.