netdev - Re: [PATCH 2.6.16-stable] [IPV6]: Restore semantics of Routing Header processing.

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Date:	Wed, 23 May 2007 11:52:44 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明 
	<yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.16-stable] [IPV6]: Restore semantics of Routing
	Header processing.

On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 01:17:39AM +0900, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明 wrote:
> The "fix" for emerging security threats was overkill and it broke
> basic semantic of IPv6 routing header processing.  We should assume
> RT0 as "unknown" RH type so that we
> - silently ignore the routing header if segleft == 0
> - or, send ICMPv6 Parameter Problem message back to the sender,
>   otherwise.
>...

Thanks for the patch, but I'll wait until it's in Linus' tree before 
applying it (and if I understand Vlad's email on netdev correctly, it 
might not be applied unchanged to Linus' tree).

cu
Adrian

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