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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);