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diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6/icmp.go b/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6/icmp.go
index 346de9ae3..b4d0295bf 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6/icmp.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6/icmp.go
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ import (
"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/stack"
)
+const (
+ // ndpHopLimit is the expected IP hop limit value of 255 for received
+ // NDP packets, as per RFC 4861 sections 4.1 - 4.5, 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 7.1.1,
+ // 7.1.2 and 8.1. If the hop limit value is not 255, nodes MUST silently
+ // drop the NDP packet. All outgoing NDP packets must use this value for
+ // its IP hop limit field.
+ ndpHopLimit = 255
+)
+
// handleControl handles the case when an ICMP packet contains the headers of
// the original packet that caused the ICMP one to be sent. This information is
// used to find out which transport endpoint must be notified about the ICMP
@@ -71,6 +80,21 @@ func (e *endpoint) handleICMP(r *stack.Route, netHeader buffer.View, vv buffer.V
}
h := header.ICMPv6(v)
+ // As per RFC 4861 sections 4.1 - 4.5, 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 7.1.1, 7.1.2 and
+ // 8.1, nodes MUST silently drop NDP packets where the Hop Limit field
+ // in the IPv6 header is not set to 255.
+ switch h.Type() {
+ case header.ICMPv6NeighborSolicit,
+ header.ICMPv6NeighborAdvert,
+ header.ICMPv6RouterSolicit,
+ header.ICMPv6RouterAdvert,
+ header.ICMPv6RedirectMsg:
+ if header.IPv6(netHeader).HopLimit() != ndpHopLimit {
+ received.Invalid.Increment()
+ return
+ }
+ }
+
// TODO(b/112892170): Meaningfully handle all ICMP types.
switch h.Type() {
case header.ICMPv6PacketTooBig: