netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv6: drop packets when source address is multicast

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Date:	Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:37:27 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	brian.haley@...com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, divinekumar@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: drop packets when source address is multicast

From: Brian Haley <brian.haley@...com>
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:41:42 -0500

> RFC 4291 Section 2.7 says Multicast addresses must not be used as source
> addresses in IPv6 packets - drop them on input so we don't process the
> packet further.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Brian Haley <brian.haley@...com>
> Reported-and-Tested-by: Kumar Sanghvi <divinekumar@...il.com>

Applied.
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