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ipv6: don't accept multicast traffic with scope 0
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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>
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strssndktn authored and davem330 committed Feb 11, 2013
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Expand Up @@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ int ipv6_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, struct packet_type *pt
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
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