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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-06-25 12:29:32 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-06-25 12:29:32 +0200
commit1262b0088f3c1928c0487d4074c6cda11a8b78c6 (patch)
tree688de0df6f0bca72a40014023e9d3c42e9bea6f4 /net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
parent378fc6eedc0091cc5ba65b298b8967bd2d43df5d (diff)
parent543cf4cb3fe6f6cae3651ba918b9c56200b257d0 (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/cleanupstip-x86-cleanups-2008-06-25_10.29_Wed
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 4e5c8615832c..17eb48b8e329 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);