netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: make ipv6 bind honour freebind

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Message-Id: <20111108.151717.932177059263685668.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:17:17 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	zenczykowski@...il.com
Cc:	maze@...gle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: make ipv6 bind honour freebind

From: Maciej Żenczykowski <zenczykowski@...il.com>
Date: Mon,  7 Nov 2011 16:57:21 -0800

> From: Maciej Żenczykowski <maze@...gle.com>
> 
> This makes native ipv6 bind follow the precedent set by:
>   - native ipv4 bind behaviour
>   - dual stack ipv4-mapped ipv6 bind behaviour.
> 
> This does allow an unpriviledged process to spoof its source IPv6
> address, just like it currently can spoof its source IPv4 address
> (for example when using UDP).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maciej Żenczykowski <maze@...gle.com>

Applied.
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