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diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
index e33fe0ab2568..2bab2aa59745 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
@@ -118,6 +118,18 @@ int ipv6_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, struct packet_type *pt
ipv6_addr_loopback(&hdr->daddr))
goto err;
+ /* RFC4291 Errata ID: 3480
+ * Interface-Local scope spans only a single interface on a
+ * node and is useful only for loopback transmission of
+ * multicast. Packets with interface-local scope received
+ * from another node must be discarded.
+ */
+ if (!(skb->pkt_type == PACKET_LOOPBACK ||
+ dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK) &&
+ ipv6_addr_is_multicast(&hdr->daddr) &&
+ IPV6_ADDR_MC_SCOPE(&hdr->daddr) == 1)
+ goto err;
+
/* RFC4291 2.7
* Nodes must not originate a packet to a multicast address whose scope
* field contains the reserved value 0; if such a packet is received, it