net: dhcp6: Send DHCPv6 using multicast MAC
authorSean Edmond <seanedmond@microsoft.com>
Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:48:45 +0000 (13:48 -0700)
committerJerome Forissier <jerome.forissier@linaro.org>
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 07:58:07 +0000 (09:58 +0200)
In IPv6, the broadcast MAC address is not used.  Instead, it should use
the multicast address (see RFC RFC2464).

Add IPV6_ALL_NODE_ETH_ADDR macro for clarity.

Signed-off-by: Sean Edmond <seanedmond@microsoft.com>
Reviewed-by: Jerome Forissier <jerome.forissier@linaro.org>
include/net6.h
net/dhcpv6.c
net/dhcpv6.h

index 1ed989e..2ceeaba 100644 (file)
@@ -90,6 +90,16 @@ struct udp_hdr {
                                  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, \
                                  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, \
                                  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02 } } }
+/*
+ * With IPv6, the broadcast MAC address is not used. Instead, it should use
+ * the multicast address (see RFC RFC2464 section 7)
+ */
+#define IPV6_ALL_NODE_ETH_ADDR(_ip6_addr)  {0x33, \
+                                 0x33, \
+                                 _ip6_addr.in6_u.u6_addr8[12], \
+                                 _ip6_addr.in6_u.u6_addr8[13], \
+                                 _ip6_addr.in6_u.u6_addr8[14], \
+                                 _ip6_addr.in6_u.u6_addr8[15]}
 
 #define IPV6_LINK_LOCAL_PREFIX 0xfe80
 #define IPV6_LINK_LOCAL_MASK   0xffb0 /* The first 10-bit of address mask. */
index 54619ee..984a64a 100644 (file)
 int updated_sol_max_rt_ms = SOL_MAX_RT_MS;
 /* state machine parameters/variables */
 struct dhcp6_sm_params sm_params;
+/* DHCPv6 all server IP6 address */
+const struct in6_addr dhcp_mcast_ip6 = DHCP6_MULTICAST_ADDR;
+/* IPv6 multicast ethernet address */
+const u8 net_dhcp6_mcast_ethaddr[6] = IPV6_ALL_NODE_ETH_ADDR(dhcp_mcast_ip6);
 
 static void dhcp6_state_machine(bool timeout, uchar *rx_pkt, unsigned int len);
 
@@ -171,7 +175,6 @@ static int dhcp6_add_option(int option_id, uchar *pkt)
  */
 static void dhcp6_send_solicit_packet(void)
 {
-       struct in6_addr dhcp_bcast_ip6;
        int len = 0;
        uchar *pkt;
        uchar *dhcp_pkt_start_ptr;
@@ -200,9 +203,8 @@ static void dhcp6_send_solicit_packet(void)
        len = pkt - dhcp_pkt_start_ptr;
 
        /* send UDP packet to DHCP6 multicast address */
-       string_to_ip6(DHCP6_MULTICAST_ADDR, sizeof(DHCP6_MULTICAST_ADDR), &dhcp_bcast_ip6);
        net_set_udp_handler(dhcp6_handler);
-       net_send_udp_packet6((uchar *)net_bcast_ethaddr, &dhcp_bcast_ip6,
+       net_send_udp_packet6((uchar *)net_dhcp6_mcast_ethaddr, (struct in6_addr *)&dhcp_mcast_ip6,
                             PORT_DHCP6_S, PORT_DHCP6_C, len);
 }
 
@@ -218,7 +220,6 @@ static void dhcp6_send_solicit_packet(void)
  */
 static void dhcp6_send_request_packet(void)
 {
-       struct in6_addr dhcp_bcast_ip6;
        int len = 0;
        uchar *pkt;
        uchar *dhcp_pkt_start_ptr;
@@ -252,9 +253,8 @@ static void dhcp6_send_request_packet(void)
        len = pkt - dhcp_pkt_start_ptr;
 
        /* send UDP packet to DHCP6 multicast address */
-       string_to_ip6(DHCP6_MULTICAST_ADDR, strlen(DHCP6_MULTICAST_ADDR), &dhcp_bcast_ip6);
        net_set_udp_handler(dhcp6_handler);
-       net_send_udp_packet6((uchar *)net_bcast_ethaddr, &dhcp_bcast_ip6,
+       net_send_udp_packet6((uchar *)net_dhcp6_mcast_ethaddr, (struct in6_addr *)&dhcp_mcast_ip6,
                             PORT_DHCP6_S, PORT_DHCP6_C, len);
 }
 
index 65c8e4c..d41a3c3 100644 (file)
 /* vendor-class-data to send in vendor clas option */
 #define DHCP6_VCI_STRING       "U-Boot"
 
-#define DHCP6_MULTICAST_ADDR   "ff02::1:2"     /* DHCP multicast address */
+/*
+ * All-DHCPv6 server multicast address
+ */
+#define DHCP6_MULTICAST_ADDR { { { 0xFF, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, \
+                                                                  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, \
+                                                                  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, \
+                                                                  0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x02 } } }
 
 /* DHCP6 States supported */
 enum dhcp6_state {