3 files changed, 33 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/header/BUILD b/pkg/tcpip/header/BUILD
index 76ef02f13..b558350c3 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/header/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/header/BUILD
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_test")
+
 package(licenses = ["notice"])
 
-load("//tools/go_stateify:defs.bzl", "go_library", "go_test")
+load("//tools/go_stateify:defs.bzl", "go_library")
 
 go_library(
     name = "header",
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go b/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go
index 093850e25..9d3abc0e4 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ const (
 	// IPv6Version is the version of the ipv6 protocol.
 	IPv6Version = 6
 
+	// IPv6AllNodesMulticastAddress is a link-local multicast group that
+	// all IPv6 nodes MUST join, as per RFC 4291, section 2.8. Packets
+	// destined to this address will reach all nodes on a link.
+	//
+	// The address is ff02::1.
+	IPv6AllNodesMulticastAddress tcpip.Address = "\xff\x02\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01"
+
 	// IPv6MinimumMTU is the minimum MTU required by IPv6, per RFC 2460,
 	// section 5.
 	IPv6MinimumMTU = 1280
@@ -221,6 +228,24 @@ func IsV6MulticastAddress(addr tcpip.Address) bool {
 	return addr[0] == 0xff
 }
 
+// IsV6UnicastAddress determines if the provided address is a valid IPv6
+// unicast (and specified) address. That is, IsV6UnicastAddress returns
+// true if addr contains IPv6AddressSize bytes, is not the unspecified
+// address and is not a multicast address.
+func IsV6UnicastAddress(addr tcpip.Address) bool {
+	if len(addr) != IPv6AddressSize {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// Must not be unspecified
+	if addr == IPv6Any {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// Return if not a multicast.
+	return addr[0] != 0xff
+}
+
 // SolicitedNodeAddr computes the solicited-node multicast address. This is
 // used for NDP. Described in RFC 4291. The argument must be a full-length IPv6
 // address.
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/header/udp.go b/pkg/tcpip/header/udp.go
index c1f454805..74412c894 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/header/udp.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/header/udp.go
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ const (
 	udpChecksum = 6
 )
 
+const (
+	// UDPMaximumPacketSize is the largest possible UDP packet.
+	UDPMaximumPacketSize = 0xffff
+)
+
 // UDPFields contains the fields of a UDP packet. It is used to describe the
 // fields of a packet that needs to be encoded.
 type UDPFields struct {