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authorJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2008-07-14 15:29:34 -0600
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2008-07-14 15:29:34 -0600
commit2fceef397f9880b212a74c418290ce69e7ac00eb (patch)
treed9cc09ab992825ef7fede4a688103503e3caf655 /net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
parentfeae1ef116ed381625d3731c5ae4f4ebcb3fa302 (diff)
parentbce7f793daec3e65ec5c5705d2457b81fe7b5725 (diff)
Merge commit 'v2.6.26' into bkl-removal
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);