netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2 2/2] ipv6/udp: use sticky pktinfo egress ifindex on connect()

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Date:	Fri, 29 Jan 2016 13:33:59 +0100
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>,
	Hajime Tazaki <thehajime@...il.com>, lucien.xin@...il.com,
	Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>,
	YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 2/2] ipv6/udp: use sticky pktinfo egress ifindex on
 connect()

On 29.01.2016 12:30, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> Currently, the egress interface index specified via IPV6_PKTINFO
> is ignored by __ip6_datagram_connect(), so that RFC 3542 section 6.7
> can be subverted when the user space application calls connect()
> before sendmsg().
> Fix it by initializing properly flowi6_oif in connect() before
> performing the route lookup.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>