netdev - [PATCH] [IPv6] Do not use loopback as source address on other interfaces

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Date:	Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:23:12 +0200
From:	Karsten Keil <kkeil@...e.de>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Sergey Mironov <Mironov_Sergey@....com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] [IPv6] Do not use loopback as source address on other interfaces

RFC 4291 forbit the use of the loopback address as source outside a node
(paragraph 2.5.3).

The latest TAHI test release 4.0.1 does have a check for this (ICMPv6 test
v6LC.5.1.2 Part F), so it fails currently on Linux.

Signed-off-by: Sergey Mironov <Mironov_Sergey@....com>
Signed-off-by: Karsten Keil <kkeil@...e.de>
---
 net/ipv6/icmp.c |    5 ++++-
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/icmp.c b/net/ipv6/icmp.c
index d42dd16..a571437 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/icmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/icmp.c
@@ -698,7 +698,10 @@ static int icmpv6_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	switch (type) {
 	case ICMPV6_ECHO_REQUEST:
-		icmpv6_echo_reply(skb);
+		/* check that the query is not for loopback address (PSE SPB) */
+		if (!(ipv6_addr_type(daddr) & IPV6_ADDR_LOOPBACK) ||
+		    (dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK))
+			icmpv6_echo_reply(skb);
 		break;
 
 	case ICMPV6_ECHO_REPLY:


-- 
Karsten Keil
SuSE Labs
ISDN and VOIP development
SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr.5 90409 Nuernberg, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg)
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