inet6: prevent network storms caused by linux IPv6 routers
authorAlexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru>
Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:34:08 +0000 (08:34 +0000)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Thu, 17 Feb 2011 23:14:23 +0000 (15:14 -0800)
[ Upstream commit 72b43d0898e97f588293b4a24b33c58c46633d81 ]

Linux IPv6 forwards unicast packets, which are link layer multicasts...
The hole was present since day one. I was 100% this check is there, but it is not.

The problem shows itself, f.e. when Microsoft Network Load Balancer runs on a network.
This software resolves IPv6 unicast addresses to multicast MAC addresses.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

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