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SubjectRe: [PATCH net] netfilter: conntrack: fix ct-state for ICMPv6 Multicast Router Discovery
On Wed, Mar 06, 2024 at 03:18:04PM +0100, Linus Lüssing wrote:
> So far Multicast Router Advertisements and Multicast Router
> Solicitations from the Multicast Router Discovery protocol (RFC4286)
> would be marked as INVALID for IPv6, even if they are in fact intact
> and adhering to RFC4286.
>
> This broke MRA reception and by that multicast reception on
> IPv6 multicast routers in a Proxmox managed setup, where Proxmox
> would install a rule like "-m conntrack --ctstate INVALID -j DROP"
> at the top of the FORWARD chain with br-nf-call-ip6tables enabled
> by default.
>
> Similar to as it's done for MLDv1, MLDv2 and IPv6 Neighbor Discovery
> already, fix this issue by excluding MRD from connection tracking
> handling as MRD always uses predefined multicast destinations
> for its messages, too. This changes the ct-state for ICMPv6 MRD messages
> from INVALID to UNTRACKED.
>
> This issue was found and fixed with the help of the mrdisc tool
> (https://github.com/troglobit/mrdisc).
>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@c0d3.blue>

Hi Linus,

this appears to be a fix and as such I think it warrants a Fixes tag.
You should be able to just add it to this thread if no other changes
are required - no need for a v2 just to address this.

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