From 091badcb9c19bc2a2ff01f1ca7f4f20f99aef87c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ghanan Gowripalan Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2021 15:28:58 -0700 Subject: Do not forward link-local packets As per RFC 3927 section 7 and RFC 4291 section 2.5.6. Test: forward_test.TestMulticastForwarding PiperOrigin-RevId: 367519336 --- pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6/ipv6.go | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6/ipv6.go') diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6/ipv6.go b/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6/ipv6.go index 2a2ad6482..7ee7be0f9 100644 --- a/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6/ipv6.go +++ b/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6/ipv6.go @@ -912,6 +912,16 @@ func (e *endpoint) WriteHeaderIncludedPacket(r *stack.Route, pkt *stack.PacketBu // forwardPacket attempts to forward a packet to its final destination. func (e *endpoint) forwardPacket(pkt *stack.PacketBuffer) tcpip.Error { h := header.IPv6(pkt.NetworkHeader().View()) + + dstAddr := h.DestinationAddress() + if header.IsV6LinkLocalAddress(h.SourceAddress()) || header.IsV6LinkLocalAddress(dstAddr) || header.IsV6LinkLocalMulticastAddress(dstAddr) { + // As per RFC 4291 section 2.5.6, + // + // Routers must not forward any packets with Link-Local source or + // destination addresses to other links. + return nil + } + hopLimit := h.HopLimit() if hopLimit <= 1 { // As per RFC 4443 section 3.3, @@ -924,8 +934,6 @@ func (e *endpoint) forwardPacket(pkt *stack.PacketBuffer) tcpip.Error { return e.protocol.returnError(&icmpReasonHopLimitExceeded{}, pkt) } - dstAddr := h.DestinationAddress() - // Check if the destination is owned by the stack. if ep := e.protocol.findEndpointWithAddress(dstAddr); ep != nil { ep.handleValidatedPacket(h, pkt) -- cgit v1.2.3