Re: [PATCH net v2] ipv6: Prevent ipv6_find_hdr() from returning ENOENT for valid non-first fragments

[YOSHIFUJI Hideaki]

Hi,

Rahul Sharma wrote:
> ipv6_find_hdr() currently assumes that the next-header field in the
> fragment header of the non-first fragment is the "protocol number of
> the last header" (here last header excludes any extension header
> protocol numbers ) which is incorrect as per RFC2460. The next-header
> value is the first header of the fragmentable part of the original
> packet (which can be extension header as well).
> This can create reassembly problems. For example: Fragmented
> authenticated OSPFv3 packets (where AH header is inserted before the
> protocol header). For the second fragment, the next header value in
> the fragment header will be NEXTHDR_AUTH which is correct but
> ipv6_find_hdr will return ENOENT since AH is an extension header
> resulting in second fragment getting dropped. This check for the
> presence of non-extension header needs to be removed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rahul Sharma <rsharma@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Hideaki Yoshifuji <hideaki.yoshifuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Technical Division, MIRACLE LINUX CORPORATION
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