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1 files changed, 28 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go b/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go
index c5d8a3456..d522e5f10 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go
@@ -48,13 +48,15 @@ type IPv6Fields struct {
// FlowLabel is the "flow label" field of an IPv6 packet.
FlowLabel uint32
- // PayloadLength is the "payload length" field of an IPv6 packet.
+ // PayloadLength is the "payload length" field of an IPv6 packet, including
+ // the length of all extension headers.
PayloadLength uint16
- // NextHeader is the "next header" field of an IPv6 packet.
- NextHeader uint8
+ // TransportProtocol is the transport layer protocol number. Serialized in the
+ // last "next header" field of the IPv6 header + extension headers.
+ TransportProtocol tcpip.TransportProtocolNumber
- // HopLimit is the "hop limit" field of an IPv6 packet.
+ // HopLimit is the "Hop Limit" field of an IPv6 packet.
HopLimit uint8
// SrcAddr is the "source ip address" of an IPv6 packet.
@@ -62,6 +64,9 @@ type IPv6Fields struct {
// DstAddr is the "destination ip address" of an IPv6 packet.
DstAddr tcpip.Address
+
+ // ExtensionHeaders are the extension headers following the IPv6 header.
+ ExtensionHeaders IPv6ExtHdrSerializer
}
// IPv6 represents an ipv6 header stored in a byte array.
@@ -101,8 +106,10 @@ const (
// The address is ff02::2.
IPv6AllRoutersMulticastAddress tcpip.Address = "\xff\x02\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02"
- // IPv6MinimumMTU is the minimum MTU required by IPv6, per RFC 2460,
- // section 5.
+ // IPv6MinimumMTU is the minimum MTU required by IPv6, per RFC 8200,
+ // section 5:
+ // IPv6 requires that every link in the Internet have an MTU of 1280 octets
+ // or greater. This is known as the IPv6 minimum link MTU.
IPv6MinimumMTU = 1280
// IPv6Loopback is the IPv6 Loopback address.
@@ -169,7 +176,7 @@ func (b IPv6) PayloadLength() uint16 {
return binary.BigEndian.Uint16(b[IPv6PayloadLenOffset:])
}
-// HopLimit returns the value of the "hop limit" field of the ipv6 header.
+// HopLimit returns the value of the "Hop Limit" field of the ipv6 header.
func (b IPv6) HopLimit() uint8 {
return b[hopLimit]
}
@@ -234,6 +241,11 @@ func (b IPv6) SetDestinationAddress(addr tcpip.Address) {
copy(b[v6DstAddr:][:IPv6AddressSize], addr)
}
+// SetHopLimit sets the value of the "Hop Limit" field.
+func (b IPv6) SetHopLimit(v uint8) {
+ b[hopLimit] = v
+}
+
// SetNextHeader sets the value of the "next header" field of the ipv6 header.
func (b IPv6) SetNextHeader(v uint8) {
b[IPv6NextHeaderOffset] = v
@@ -246,12 +258,14 @@ func (IPv6) SetChecksum(uint16) {
// Encode encodes all the fields of the ipv6 header.
func (b IPv6) Encode(i *IPv6Fields) {
+ extHdr := b[IPv6MinimumSize:]
b.SetTOS(i.TrafficClass, i.FlowLabel)
b.SetPayloadLength(i.PayloadLength)
- b[IPv6NextHeaderOffset] = i.NextHeader
b[hopLimit] = i.HopLimit
b.SetSourceAddress(i.SrcAddr)
b.SetDestinationAddress(i.DstAddr)
+ nextHeader, _ := i.ExtensionHeaders.Serialize(i.TransportProtocol, extHdr)
+ b[IPv6NextHeaderOffset] = nextHeader
}
// IsValid performs basic validation on the packet.
@@ -373,6 +387,12 @@ func IsV6LinkLocalAddress(addr tcpip.Address) bool {
return addr[0] == 0xfe && (addr[1]&0xc0) == 0x80
}
+// IsV6LoopbackAddress determines if the provided address is an IPv6 loopback
+// address.
+func IsV6LoopbackAddress(addr tcpip.Address) bool {
+ return addr == IPv6Loopback
+}
+
// IsV6LinkLocalMulticastAddress determines if the provided address is an IPv6
// link-local multicast address.
func IsV6LinkLocalMulticastAddress(addr tcpip.Address) bool {