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Subject[PATCH 3.16.y-ckt 105/144] ipv6: Don't reduce hop limit for an interface
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3.16.7-ckt10 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: "D.S. Ljungmark" <ljungmark@modio.se>

commit 6fd99094de2b83d1d4c8457f2c83483b2828e75a upstream.

A local route may have a lower hop_limit set than global routes do.

RFC 3756, Section 4.2.7, "Parameter Spoofing"

> 1. The attacker includes a Current Hop Limit of one or another small
> number which the attacker knows will cause legitimate packets to
> be dropped before they reach their destination.

> As an example, one possible approach to mitigate this threat is to
> ignore very small hop limits. The nodes could implement a
> configurable minimum hop limit, and ignore attempts to set it below
> said limit.

Signed-off-by: D.S. Ljungmark <ljungmark@modio.se>
Acked-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@canonical.com>
---
net/ipv6/ndisc.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
index ca8d4ea48a5d..e2eb53c719dc 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
@@ -1190,7 +1190,14 @@ static void ndisc_router_discovery(struct sk_buff *skb)
if (rt)
rt6_set_expires(rt, jiffies + (HZ * lifetime));
if (ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_hop_limit) {
- in6_dev->cnf.hop_limit = ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_hop_limit;
+ /* Only set hop_limit on the interface if it is higher than
+ * the current hop_limit.
+ */
+ if (in6_dev->cnf.hop_limit < ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_hop_limit) {
+ in6_dev->cnf.hop_limit = ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_hop_limit;
+ } else {
+ ND_PRINTK(2, warn, "RA: Got route advertisement with lower hop_limit than current\n");
+ }
if (rt)
dst_metric_set(&rt->dst, RTAX_HOPLIMIT,
ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_hop_limit);

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