diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv6/ip6_input.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/ipv6/ip6_input.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c index 9ee208a348f5..e41070fb4fc0 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c +++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c @@ -173,6 +173,16 @@ int ipv6_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, struct packet_type *pt if (ipv6_addr_is_multicast(&hdr->saddr)) goto err; + /* While RFC4291 is not explicit about v4mapped addresses + * in IPv6 headers, it seems clear linux dual-stack + * model can not deal properly with these. + * Security models could be fooled by ::ffff:127.0.0.1 for example. + * + * https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-itojun-v6ops-v4mapped-harmful-02 + */ + if (ipv6_addr_v4mapped(&hdr->saddr)) + goto err; + skb->transport_header = skb->network_header + sizeof(*hdr); IP6CB(skb)->nhoff = offsetof(struct ipv6hdr, nexthdr); |