1 files changed, 53 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go b/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go
index b125bbea5..fc671e439 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go
@@ -90,9 +90,23 @@ const (
 	// IPv6Any is the non-routable IPv6 "any" meta address. It is also
 	// known as the unspecified address.
 	IPv6Any tcpip.Address = "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"
+
+	// IIDSize is the size of an interface identifier (IID), in bytes, as
+	// defined by RFC 4291 section 2.5.1.
+	IIDSize = 8
+
+	// IIDOffsetInIPv6Address is the offset, in bytes, from the start
+	// of an IPv6 address to the beginning of the interface identifier
+	// (IID) for auto-generated addresses. That is, all bytes before
+	// the IIDOffsetInIPv6Address-th byte are the prefix bytes, and all
+	// bytes including and after the IIDOffsetInIPv6Address-th byte are
+	// for the IID.
+	IIDOffsetInIPv6Address = 8
 )
 
-// IPv6EmptySubnet is the empty IPv6 subnet.
+// IPv6EmptySubnet is the empty IPv6 subnet. It may also be known as the
+// catch-all or wildcard subnet. That is, all IPv6 addresses are considered to
+// be contained within this subnet.
 var IPv6EmptySubnet = func() tcpip.Subnet {
 	subnet, err := tcpip.NewSubnet(IPv6Any, tcpip.AddressMask(IPv6Any))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -101,6 +115,15 @@ var IPv6EmptySubnet = func() tcpip.Subnet {
 	return subnet
 }()
 
+// IPv6LinkLocalPrefix is the prefix for IPv6 link-local addresses, as defined
+// by RFC 4291 section 2.5.6.
+//
+// The prefix is fe80::/64
+var IPv6LinkLocalPrefix = tcpip.AddressWithPrefix{
+	Address:   "\xfe\x80\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00",
+	PrefixLen: 64,
+}
+
 // PayloadLength returns the value of the "payload length" field of the ipv6
 // header.
 func (b IPv6) PayloadLength() uint16 {
@@ -255,27 +278,43 @@ func SolicitedNodeAddr(addr tcpip.Address) tcpip.Address {
 	return solicitedNodeMulticastPrefix + addr[len(addr)-3:]
 }
 
+// EthernetAdddressToModifiedEUI64IntoBuf populates buf with a modified EUI-64
+// from a 48-bit Ethernet/MAC address, as per RFC 4291 section 2.5.1.
+//
+// buf MUST be at least 8 bytes.
+func EthernetAdddressToModifiedEUI64IntoBuf(linkAddr tcpip.LinkAddress, buf []byte) {
+	buf[0] = linkAddr[0] ^ 2
+	buf[1] = linkAddr[1]
+	buf[2] = linkAddr[2]
+	buf[3] = 0xFF
+	buf[4] = 0xFE
+	buf[5] = linkAddr[3]
+	buf[6] = linkAddr[4]
+	buf[7] = linkAddr[5]
+}
+
+// EthernetAddressToModifiedEUI64 computes a modified EUI-64 from a 48-bit
+// Ethernet/MAC address, as per RFC 4291 section 2.5.1.
+func EthernetAddressToModifiedEUI64(linkAddr tcpip.LinkAddress) [IIDSize]byte {
+	var buf [IIDSize]byte
+	EthernetAdddressToModifiedEUI64IntoBuf(linkAddr, buf[:])
+	return buf
+}
+
 // LinkLocalAddr computes the default IPv6 link-local address from a link-layer
 // (MAC) address.
 func LinkLocalAddr(linkAddr tcpip.LinkAddress) tcpip.Address {
-	// Convert a 48-bit MAC to an EUI-64 and then prepend the link-local
-	// header, FE80::.
+	// Convert a 48-bit MAC to a modified EUI-64 and then prepend the
+	// link-local header, FE80::.
 	//
 	// The conversion is very nearly:
 	//	aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff => FE80::Aabb:ccFF:FEdd:eeff
 	// Note the capital A. The conversion aa->Aa involves a bit flip.
-	lladdrb := [16]byte{
-		0:  0xFE,
-		1:  0x80,
-		8:  linkAddr[0] ^ 2,
-		9:  linkAddr[1],
-		10: linkAddr[2],
-		11: 0xFF,
-		12: 0xFE,
-		13: linkAddr[3],
-		14: linkAddr[4],
-		15: linkAddr[5],
+	lladdrb := [IPv6AddressSize]byte{
+		0: 0xFE,
+		1: 0x80,
 	}
+	EthernetAdddressToModifiedEUI64IntoBuf(linkAddr, lladdrb[IIDOffsetInIPv6Address:])
 	return tcpip.Address(lladdrb[:])
 }