netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: ipv6: check net in ip6_call_ra

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Date:   Thu, 28 Feb 2019 16:31:40 -0700
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, fruggeri@...sta.com
Cc:     yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, maxim@...sta.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ipv6: check net in ip6_call_ra_chain

On 2/28/19 2:02 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: fruggeri@...sta.com (Francesco Ruggeri)
> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 11:01:46 -0800
> 
>> ip6_call_ra_chain is called when IPv6 packet with Router Alert option
>> is forwarded.
>> It needs to check if the net of the socket is the same as the net of the
>> input device, otherwise the packet gets delivered to every IPv6 socket
>> listening for Router Alerts, no matter which network namespace it is in.
>>
>> Suggested-by: Maxim Martynov <maxim@...sta.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Maxim Martynov <maxim@...sta.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Francesco Ruggeri <fruggeri@...sta.com>
> 
> Right now someone using such a tool does get all RAs in the system.
> 
> Your change not only breaks them, but also gives them no method by
> which to keep obtaining the same behavior.
> 
> I don't know what to do or suggest in this situation, but right now
> I'm putting this patch on hold.
> 

need an equivalent to NETLINK_LISTEN_ALL_NSID