ipv6: don't accept multicast traffic with scope 0
v2:
a) moved before multicast source address check
b) changed comment to netdev style
Cc: Erik Hugne <erik.hugne@ericsson.com>
Cc: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
Acked-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>
Acked-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
index 4ac5bf3..5b10414 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
@@ -118,6 +118,15 @@
ipv6_addr_loopback(&hdr->daddr))
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
+ * must be silently dropped.
+ */
+ if (ipv6_addr_is_multicast(&hdr->daddr) &&
+ IPV6_ADDR_MC_SCOPE(&hdr->daddr) == 0)
+ goto err;
+
/*
* RFC4291 2.7
* Multicast addresses must not be used as source addresses in IPv6