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Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv6/ip6_input.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/ipv6/ip6_input.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c index 9075acf081dd..31ac3c56da4b 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c +++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c @@ -134,6 +134,16 @@ int ipv6_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, struct packet_type *pt IPV6_ADDR_MC_SCOPE(&hdr->daddr) == 1) goto err; + /* If enabled, drop unicast packets that were encapsulated in link-layer + * multicast or broadcast to protected against the so-called "hole-196" + * attack in 802.11 wireless. + */ + if (!ipv6_addr_is_multicast(&hdr->daddr) && + (skb->pkt_type == PACKET_BROADCAST || + skb->pkt_type == PACKET_MULTICAST) && + idev->cnf.drop_unicast_in_l2_multicast) + 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 |