ipv6: drop packets when source address is multicast
authorBrian Haley <brian.haley@hp.com>
Tue, 8 Nov 2011 04:41:42 +0000 (04:41 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Tue, 8 Nov 2011 17:37:06 +0000 (12:37 -0500)
RFC 4291 Section 2.7 says Multicast addresses must not be used as source
addresses in IPv6 packets - drop them on input so we don't process the
packet further.

Signed-off-by: Brian Haley <brian.haley@hp.com>
Reported-and-Tested-by: Kumar Sanghvi <divinekumar@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/ipv6/ip6_input.c

index 027c7ff..a46c64e 100644 (file)
@@ -111,6 +111,14 @@ int ipv6_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, struct packet_type *pt
            ipv6_addr_loopback(&hdr->daddr))
                goto err;
 
+       /*
+        * RFC4291 2.7
+        * Multicast addresses must not be used as source addresses in IPv6
+        * packets or appear in any Routing header.
+        */
+       if (ipv6_addr_is_multicast(&hdr->saddr))
+               goto err;
+
        skb->transport_header = skb->network_header + sizeof(*hdr);
        IP6CB(skb)->nhoff = offsetof(struct ipv6hdr, nexthdr);