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ipv6: introduce ip6_dst_mtu_forward and protect forwarding path with it
authorHannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>
Thu, 9 Jan 2014 09:01:16 +0000 (10:01 +0100)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 13 Jan 2014 19:22:54 +0000 (11:22 -0800)
commit0954cf9c6141d597929a292b93a2dca2c1f29159
treeacdc5ca06a9eda83c5094254fd6bfd67cbe9bdc5
parentf87c10a8aa1e82498c42d0335524d6ae7cf5a52b
ipv6: introduce ip6_dst_mtu_forward and protect forwarding path with it

In the IPv6 forwarding path we are only concerend about the outgoing
interface MTU, but also respect locked MTUs on routes. Tunnel provider
or IPSEC already have to recheck and if needed send PtB notifications
to the sending host in case the data does not fit into the packet with
added headers (we only know the final header sizes there, while also
using path MTU information).

The reason for this change is, that path MTU information can be injected
into the kernel via e.g. icmp_err protocol handler without verification
of local sockets. As such, this could cause the IPv6 forwarding path to
wrongfully emit Packet-too-Big errors and drop IPv6 packets.

Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: John Heffner <johnwheffner@gmail.com>
Cc: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/ipv6/ip6_output.c