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-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/arp.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/arp.c b/net/ipv4/arp.c
index 9c220323f35..f11931c1838 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/arp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/arp.c
@@ -801,8 +801,11 @@ static int arp_process(struct sk_buff *skb)
* cache.
*/
- /* Special case: IPv4 duplicate address detection packet (RFC2131) */
- if (sip == 0) {
+ /*
+ * Special case: IPv4 duplicate address detection packet (RFC2131)
+ * and Gratuitous ARP/ARP Announce. (RFC3927, Section 2.4)
+ */
+ if (sip == 0 || tip == sip) {
if (arp->ar_op == htons(ARPOP_REQUEST) &&
inet_addr_type(net, tip) == RTN_LOCAL &&
!arp_ignore(in_dev, sip, tip))