netdev - [PATCH 16/17] batman-adv: Disallow zero and mcast src address for mgmt frames

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Date:   Tue,  8 Nov 2016 17:45:25 +0100
From:   Simon Wunderlich <sw@...onwunderlich.de>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, b.a.t.m.a.n@...ts.open-mesh.org,
        Sven Eckelmann <sven@...fation.org>,
        Simon Wunderlich <sw@...onwunderlich.de>
Subject: [PATCH 16/17] batman-adv: Disallow zero and mcast src address for mgmt frames

From: Sven Eckelmann <sven@...fation.org>

The routing check for management frames is validating the source mac
address in the outer ethernet header. It rejects every source mac address
which is a broadcast address. But it also has to reject the zero-mac
address and multicast mac addresses.

Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@...fation.org>
Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@...onwunderlich.de>
---
 net/batman-adv/routing.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/batman-adv/routing.c b/net/batman-adv/routing.c
index 9646623..381f040 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/routing.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/routing.c
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ bool batadv_check_management_packet(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (!is_broadcast_ether_addr(ethhdr->h_dest))
 		return false;
 
-	/* packet with broadcast sender address */
-	if (is_broadcast_ether_addr(ethhdr->h_source))
+	/* packet with invalid sender address */
+	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ethhdr->h_source))
 		return false;
 
 	/* create a copy of the skb, if needed, to modify it. */
-- 
2.10.1