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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-07-06 14:23:39 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-07-06 14:23:39 +0200
commit68083e05d72d94f347293d8cc0067050ba904bfa (patch)
tree842e71365bd90866be7add181661a4039d891564 /net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
parent7baac8b91f9871ba8cb09af84de4ae1d86d07812 (diff)
parentb7279469d66b55119784b8b9529c99c1955fe747 (diff)
Merge commit 'v2.6.26-rc9' into cpus4096
Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv6/ip6_input.c')
-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/ip6_input.c9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
index 4e5c8615832..17eb48b8e32 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);