From: Tom Herbert <tom@herbertland.com>
To: davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
justin.iurman@uliege.be
Cc: Tom Herbert <tom@herbertland.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v5 4/7] ipv6: Set HBH and DestOpt limits to 2
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:48:23 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260126194826.236075-5-tom@herbertland.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260126194826.236075-1-tom@herbertland.com>
Set the default limits of non-padding Hop-by-Hop and Destination
options to 2. This means that if a packet contains more then two
non-padding options then it will be dropped. The previous limit
was 8, but that was too liberal considering that the stack only
support two Destination Options and the most Hop-by-Hop options
likely to ever be in the same packet are IOAM and JUMBO. The limit
can be increased via sysctl for private use and experimenation.
Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert <tom@herbertland.com>
---
include/net/ipv6.h | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/net/ipv6.h b/include/net/ipv6.h
index c7f597da01cd..31d270c8c2e4 100644
--- a/include/net/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/ipv6.h
@@ -86,9 +86,12 @@ struct ip_tunnel_info;
* silently discarded.
*/
-/* Default limits for Hop-by-Hop and Destination options */
-#define IP6_DEFAULT_MAX_DST_OPTS_CNT 8
-#define IP6_DEFAULT_MAX_HBH_OPTS_CNT 8
+/* Default limits for Hop-by-Hop and Destination non-padding options. The
+ * default value for both is 2. This sets a limit at two non-padding options
+ * (see sysctl documention)
+ */
+#define IP6_DEFAULT_MAX_DST_OPTS_CNT 2
+#define IP6_DEFAULT_MAX_HBH_OPTS_CNT 2
#define IP6_DEFAULT_MAX_DST_OPTS_LEN INT_MAX /* No limit */
#define IP6_DEFAULT_MAX_HBH_OPTS_LEN INT_MAX /* No limit */
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-26 19:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-26 19:48 [PATCH net-next v5 0/7] ipv6: Address ext hdr DoS vulnerabilities Tom Herbert
2026-01-26 19:48 ` [PATCH net-next v5 1/7] ipv6: Check of max HBH or DestOp sysctl is zero and drop if it is Tom Herbert
2026-01-27 17:49 ` Justin Iurman
2026-01-27 17:50 ` Justin Iurman
2026-01-26 19:48 ` [PATCH net-next v5 2/7] ipv6: Cleanup IPv6 TLV definitions Tom Herbert
2026-01-27 17:51 ` Justin Iurman
2026-01-29 5:30 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-01-29 18:13 ` Justin Iurman
2026-01-29 19:01 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-01-30 17:22 ` Tom Herbert
2026-02-01 8:48 ` Justin Iurman
2026-02-02 22:37 ` Tom Herbert
2026-01-26 19:48 ` [PATCH net-next v5 3/7] ipv6: Add case for IPV6_TLV_TNL_ENCAP_LIMIT in EH TLV switch Tom Herbert
2026-01-27 17:52 ` Justin Iurman
2026-01-29 5:31 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-01-26 19:48 ` Tom Herbert [this message]
2026-01-27 17:55 ` [PATCH net-next v5 4/7] ipv6: Set HBH and DestOpt limits to 2 Justin Iurman
2026-01-26 19:48 ` [PATCH net-next v5 5/7] ipv6: Document defaults for max_{dst|hbh}_opts_number sysctls Tom Herbert
2026-01-27 17:57 ` Justin Iurman
2026-01-26 19:48 ` [PATCH net-next v5 6/7] ipv6: Enforce Extension Header ordering Tom Herbert
2026-01-27 19:48 ` Justin Iurman
2026-01-29 5:18 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-01-29 18:07 ` Justin Iurman
2026-01-29 19:05 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-01-29 20:13 ` Justin Iurman
2026-01-30 17:06 ` Tom Herbert
2026-01-31 17:24 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-02-02 22:21 ` Tom Herbert
2026-01-26 19:48 ` [PATCH net-next v5 7/7] ipv6: Document enforce_ext_hdr_order sysctl Tom Herbert
2026-01-27 18:00 ` Justin Iurman
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