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-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/ip6_input.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
index b04539dd4629..9ee208a348f5 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
@@ -124,11 +124,14 @@ int ipv6_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, struct packet_type *pt
max_t(unsigned short, 1, skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_segs));
/*
* RFC4291 2.5.3
+ * The loopback address must not be used as the source address in IPv6
+ * packets that are sent outside of a single node. [..]
* A packet received on an interface with a destination address
* of loopback must be dropped.
*/
- if (!(dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK) &&
- ipv6_addr_loopback(&hdr->daddr))
+ if ((ipv6_addr_loopback(&hdr->saddr) ||
+ ipv6_addr_loopback(&hdr->daddr)) &&
+ !(dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK))
goto err;
/* RFC4291 Errata ID: 3480