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-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/ip6_input.c8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
index 027c7ff6f1e5..a46c64eb0a66 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
@@ -111,6 +111,14 @@ int ipv6_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, struct packet_type *pt
ipv6_addr_loopback(&hdr->daddr))
goto err;
+ /*
+ * RFC4291 2.7
+ * Multicast addresses must not be used as source addresses in IPv6
+ * packets or appear in any Routing header.
+ */
+ if (ipv6_addr_is_multicast(&hdr->saddr))
+ goto err;
+
skb->transport_header = skb->network_header + sizeof(*hdr);
IP6CB(skb)->nhoff = offsetof(struct ipv6hdr, nexthdr);