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-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/ip6_input.c10
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
index e9d2a4a409aa..80256717868e 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
@@ -245,16 +245,6 @@ static struct sk_buff *ip6_rcv_core(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
if (ipv6_addr_is_multicast(&hdr->saddr))
goto err;
- /* While RFC4291 is not explicit about v4mapped addresses
- * in IPv6 headers, it seems clear linux dual-stack
- * model can not deal properly with these.
- * Security models could be fooled by ::ffff:127.0.0.1 for example.
- *
- * https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-itojun-v6ops-v4mapped-harmful-02
- */
- if (ipv6_addr_v4mapped(&hdr->saddr))
- goto err;
-
skb->transport_header = skb->network_header + sizeof(*hdr);
IP6CB(skb)->nhoff = offsetof(struct ipv6hdr, nexthdr);