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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-06-28 01:19:40 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-06-28 01:19:40 -0700
commit1b63ba8a86c85524a8d7e5953b314ce71ebcb9c9 (patch)
treefe3dc41cbb47ae12b7c3faf6a88b097349e50d5a /net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
parente35c3269edba151e1c703d87068a28ce2cd65bb0 (diff)
parentd420895efb259a78dda50f95289571faa6e10e41 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
Conflicts: drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
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 f77a6011c30..34e5a96623a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
@@ -100,6 +100,15 @@ 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);