From f10f7d2a8200fe33c5030c7e32df3a2b3561f3cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "D.S. Ljungmark" Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 09:28:15 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] ipv6: Don't reduce hop limit for an interface commit 6fd99094de2b83d1d4c8457f2c83483b2828e75a upstream. A local route may have a lower hop_limit set than global routes do. RFC 3756, Section 4.2.7, "Parameter Spoofing" > 1. The attacker includes a Current Hop Limit of one or another small > number which the attacker knows will cause legitimate packets to > be dropped before they reach their destination. > As an example, one possible approach to mitigate this threat is to > ignore very small hop limits. The nodes could implement a > configurable minimum hop limit, and ignore attempts to set it below > said limit. Signed-off-by: D.S. Ljungmark Acked-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa Signed-off-by: David S. Miller [bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust ND_PRINTK() usage] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- Reading git-format-patch failed