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* [PATCH v2] ipv6: don't accept multicast traffic with scop 0
@ 2013-02-10 15:35 Hannes Frederic Sowa
  2013-02-10 18:09 ` YOSHIFUJI Hideaki
  2013-02-11 19:01 ` David Miller
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Hannes Frederic Sowa @ 2013-02-10 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: netdev

v2:
a) moved before multicast source address check
b) changed comment to netdev style

Cc: Erik Hugne <erik.hugne@ericsson.com>
Cc: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
Acked-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>
---
 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
index 4ac5bf3..521d9fd 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
@@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ int ipv6_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, struct packet_type *pt
 	    ipv6_addr_loopback(&hdr->daddr))
 		goto err;
 
+	/* RFC4291 2.7
+	 * Nodes must not originate a packet to a multicast address whose scop
+	 * field contains the reserved value 0; if such a packet is received, it
+	 * must be silently dropped.
+	 */
+	if (ipv6_addr_is_multicast(&hdr->daddr) &&
+	    IPV6_ADDR_MC_SCOPE(&hdr->daddr) == 0)
+		goto err;
+
 	/*
 	 * RFC4291 2.7
 	 * Multicast addresses must not be used as source addresses in IPv6
-- 
1.8.1.2

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