netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3] route: fix ICMP redirect validation

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Date:	Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:56:47 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	fbl@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3] route: fix ICMP redirect validation

From: Flavio Leitner <fbl@...hat.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:44:08 -0200

> The commit f39925dbde7788cfb96419c0f092b086aa325c0f
> (ipv4: Cache learned redirect information in inetpeer.)
> removed some ICMP packet validations which are required by
> RFC 1122, section 3.2.2.2:
> ...
>   A Redirect message SHOULD be silently discarded if the new
>   gateway address it specifies is not on the same connected
>   (sub-) net through which the Redirect arrived [INTRO:2,
>   Appendix A], or if the source of the Redirect is not the
>   current first-hop gateway for the specified destination (see
>   Section 3.3.1).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Flavio Leitner <fbl@...hat.com>

Applied, thanks.
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