ipv6: drop packets when source address is multicast

RFC 4291 Section 2.7 says Multicast addresses must not be used as source
addresses in IPv6 packets - drop them on input so we don't process the
packet further.

Signed-off-by: Brian Haley <brian.haley@hp.com>
Reported-and-Tested-by: Kumar Sanghvi <divinekumar@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Brian Haley 2011-11-08 04:41:42 +00:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 10953db8e1
commit c457338d7a
1 changed files with 8 additions and 0 deletions

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@ -111,6 +111,14 @@ 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
* Multicast addresses must not be used as source addresses in IPv6
* packets or appear in any Routing header.
*/
if (ipv6_addr_is_multicast(&hdr->saddr))
goto err;
skb->transport_header = skb->network_header + sizeof(*hdr);
IP6CB(skb)->nhoff = offsetof(struct ipv6hdr, nexthdr);