netdev - Re: [PATCH] sit: correct IP protocol used in ipip6

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Date:	Thu, 16 Jun 2016 17:34:28 +0900
From:	Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>
To:	YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <hideaki.yoshifuji@...aclelinux.com>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sit: correct IP protocol used in ipip6_err

On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 05:23:13PM +0900, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki wrote:
> Hi, Simon,
> 
> Simon Horman wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 05:06:19PM +0900, Simon Horman wrote:
> >> Since 32b8a8e59c9c ("sit: add IPv4 over IPv4 support")
> >> ipip6_err() may be called for packets whose IP protocol is
> >> IPPROTO_IPIP as well as those whose IP protocol is IPPROTO_IPV6.
> >>
> >> In the case of IPPROTO_IPIP packets the correct protocol value is not
> >> passed to ipv4_update_pmtu() or ipv4_redirect().
> >>
> >> This patch resolves this problem by using the IP protocol of the packet
> >> rather than a hard-coded value. This appears to be consistent
> >> with the usage of the protocol of a packet by icmp_socket_deliver()
> >> the caller of ipip6_err().
> >>
> >> I was able to exercise the redirect case by using a setup where an ICMP
> >> redirect was received for the destination of the encapsulated packet.
> >> However, it appears that although incorrect the protocol field is not used
> >> in this case and thus no problem manifests.  On inspection it does not
> >> appear that a problem will manifest in the fragmentation needed/update pmtu
> >> case either.
> >>
> >> In short I believe this is a cosmetic fix. None the less, the use of
> >> IPPROTO_IPV6 seems wrong and confusing.
> >>
> >> Reviewed-by: Dinan Gunawardena <dinan.gunawardena@...ronome.com>
> >> Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>
> > 
> > Apologies for not making this more obvious, this is a "net-next" patch.
> 
> Acked-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>
> 
> BTW, we should have similar fix in -net, -stable etc. as well, no?

I am not opposed to this patch going there and probably it can do so
verbatim but I haven't found any run-time problems resolved by the patch.