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authorIngo Molnar2008-06-25 12:30:54 +0200
committerIngo Molnar2008-06-25 12:30:54 +0200
commit0ed368c71aa65cba8d349432bd4dab4a9a2eb39c (patch)
tree7746534bafd57f6764bda8f26efc3929a4acf914 /net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
parentMerge branch 'linus' into x86/kconfig (diff)
parentLinux 2.6.26-rc8 (diff)
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Merge branch 'linus' into x86/kconfig
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-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/ip6_input.c9
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diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
index 4e5c8615832c..17eb48b8e329 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
@@ -102,6 +102,15 @@ int ipv6_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, struct packet_type *pt
if (hdr->version != 6)
goto err;
+ /*
+ * RFC4291 2.5.3
+ * A packet received on an interface with a destination address
+ * of loopback must be dropped.
+ */
+ if (!(dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK) &&
+ ipv6_addr_loopback(&hdr->daddr))
+ goto err;
+
skb->transport_header = skb->network_header + sizeof(*hdr);
IP6CB(skb)->nhoff = offsetof(struct ipv6hdr, nexthdr);