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1 files changed, 30 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6/icmp.go b/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6/icmp.go
index 307e1972d..23fc94303 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6/icmp.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6/icmp.go
@@ -1029,6 +1029,26 @@ func (*icmpReasonNetUnreachable) respondsToMulticast() bool {
return false
}
+// icmpReasonHostUnreachable is an error in which the host specified in the
+// internet destination field of the datagram is unreachable.
+type icmpReasonHostUnreachable struct{}
+
+func (*icmpReasonHostUnreachable) isICMPReason() {}
+func (*icmpReasonHostUnreachable) isForwarding() bool {
+ // If we hit a Host Unreachable error, then we know we are operating as a
+ // router. As per RFC 4443 page 8, Destination Unreachable Message,
+ //
+ // If the reason for the failure to deliver cannot be mapped to any of
+ // other codes, the Code field is set to 3. Example of such cases are
+ // an inability to resolve the IPv6 destination address into a
+ // corresponding link address, or a link-specific problem of some sort.
+ return true
+}
+
+func (*icmpReasonHostUnreachable) respondsToMulticast() bool {
+ return false
+}
+
// icmpReasonFragmentationNeeded is an error where a packet is to big to be sent
// out through the outgoing MTU, as per RFC 4443 page 9, Packet Too Big Message.
type icmpReasonPacketTooBig struct{}
@@ -1143,7 +1163,12 @@ func (p *protocol) returnError(reason icmpReason, pkt *stack.PacketBuffer) tcpip
defer route.Release()
p.mu.Lock()
- netEP, ok := p.mu.eps[pkt.NICID]
+ // We retrieve an endpoint using the newly constructed route's NICID rather
+ // than the packet's NICID. The packet's NICID corresponds to the NIC on
+ // which it arrived, which isn't necessarily the same as the NIC on which it
+ // will be transmitted. On the other hand, the route's NIC *is* guaranteed
+ // to be the NIC on which the packet will be transmitted.
+ netEP, ok := p.mu.eps[route.NICID()]
p.mu.Unlock()
if !ok {
return &tcpip.ErrNotConnected{}
@@ -1222,6 +1247,10 @@ func (p *protocol) returnError(reason icmpReason, pkt *stack.PacketBuffer) tcpip
icmpHdr.SetType(header.ICMPv6DstUnreachable)
icmpHdr.SetCode(header.ICMPv6NetworkUnreachable)
counter = sent.dstUnreachable
+ case *icmpReasonHostUnreachable:
+ icmpHdr.SetType(header.ICMPv6DstUnreachable)
+ icmpHdr.SetCode(header.ICMPv6AddressUnreachable)
+ counter = sent.dstUnreachable
case *icmpReasonPacketTooBig:
icmpHdr.SetType(header.ICMPv6PacketTooBig)
icmpHdr.SetCode(header.ICMPv6UnusedCode)