netdev - [PATCH] ipv4/ipv6: check hop limit field on input

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Message-ID: <4A23F027.3060907@dev.6wind.com>
Date:	Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:13:43 +0200
From:	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@....6wind.com>
To:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] ipv4/ipv6: check hop limit field on input

Hi,

when network stack receives a packet, it didn't check value of ttl/hop limit
field. RFC indicates that a router must drop the packet if this field is 0.


Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>


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