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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt7
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/ip.h1
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/devinet.c2
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/ip_input.c25
4 files changed, 34 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index 73b36d7c7b0d..d5910d63214d 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -1216,6 +1216,13 @@ promote_secondaries - BOOLEAN
promote a corresponding secondary IP address instead of
removing all the corresponding secondary IP addresses.
+drop_unicast_in_l2_multicast - BOOLEAN
+ Drop any unicast IP packets that are received in link-layer
+ multicast (or broadcast) frames.
+ This behavior (for multicast) is actually a SHOULD in RFC
+ 1122, but is disabled by default for compatibility reasons.
+ Default: off (0)
+
tag - INTEGER
Allows you to write a number, which can be used as required.
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ip.h b/include/uapi/linux/ip.h
index 08f894d2ddbd..584834f7e95c 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ip.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ip.h
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ enum
IPV4_DEVCONF_IGMPV2_UNSOLICITED_REPORT_INTERVAL,
IPV4_DEVCONF_IGMPV3_UNSOLICITED_REPORT_INTERVAL,
IPV4_DEVCONF_IGNORE_ROUTES_WITH_LINKDOWN,
+ IPV4_DEVCONF_DROP_UNICAST_IN_L2_MULTICAST,
__IPV4_DEVCONF_MAX
};
diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index cebd9d31e65a..dbbab28a52a4 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -2192,6 +2192,8 @@ static struct devinet_sysctl_table {
"promote_secondaries"),
DEVINET_SYSCTL_FLUSHING_ENTRY(ROUTE_LOCALNET,
"route_localnet"),
+ DEVINET_SYSCTL_FLUSHING_ENTRY(DROP_UNICAST_IN_L2_MULTICAST,
+ "drop_unicast_in_l2_multicast"),
},
};
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_input.c b/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
index d77eb0c3b684..852002f64c68 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
@@ -362,8 +362,31 @@ static int ip_rcv_finish(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
rt = skb_rtable(skb);
if (rt->rt_type == RTN_MULTICAST) {
IP_UPD_PO_STATS_BH(net, IPSTATS_MIB_INMCAST, skb->len);
- } else if (rt->rt_type == RTN_BROADCAST)
+ } else if (rt->rt_type == RTN_BROADCAST) {
IP_UPD_PO_STATS_BH(net, IPSTATS_MIB_INBCAST, skb->len);
+ } else if (skb->pkt_type == PACKET_BROADCAST ||
+ skb->pkt_type == PACKET_MULTICAST) {
+ struct in_device *in_dev = __in_dev_get_rcu(skb->dev);
+
+ /* RFC 1122 3.3.6:
+ *
+ * When a host sends a datagram to a link-layer broadcast
+ * address, the IP destination address MUST be a legal IP
+ * broadcast or IP multicast address.
+ *
+ * A host SHOULD silently discard a datagram that is received
+ * via a link-layer broadcast (see Section 2.4) but does not
+ * specify an IP multicast or broadcast destination address.
+ *
+ * This doesn't explicitly say L2 *broadcast*, but broadcast is
+ * in a way a form of multicast and the most common use case for
+ * this is 802.11 protecting against cross-station spoofing (the
+ * so-called "hole-196" attack) so do it for both.
+ */
+ if (in_dev &&
+ IN_DEV_ORCONF(in_dev, DROP_UNICAST_IN_L2_MULTICAST))
+ goto drop;
+ }
return dst_input(skb);