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| -rw-r--r-- | pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4/igmp.go | 15 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4/igmp.go b/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4/igmp.go index 9515fde45..4550aacd6 100644 --- a/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4/igmp.go +++ b/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4/igmp.go @@ -157,14 +157,13 @@ func (igmp *igmpState) handleIGMP(pkt *stack.PacketBuffer) { } h := header.IGMP(headerView) - // Temporarily reset the checksum field to 0 in order to calculate the proper - // checksum. - wantChecksum := h.Checksum() - h.SetChecksum(0) - gotChecksum := ^header.ChecksumVV(pkt.Data, 0 /* initial */) - h.SetChecksum(wantChecksum) - - if gotChecksum != wantChecksum { + // As per RFC 1071 section 1.3, + // + // To check a checksum, the 1's complement sum is computed over the + // same set of octets, including the checksum field. If the result + // is all 1 bits (-0 in 1's complement arithmetic), the check + // succeeds. + if header.ChecksumVV(pkt.Data, 0 /* initial */) != 0xFFFF { received.checksumErrors.Increment() return } |