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Diffstat (limited to 'net')
| -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 7e5df23cbe7b..3d71c7d6102c 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c +++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c @@ -223,6 +223,16 @@ 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); |