Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 07 Apr 2012 08:46:57 -0400 (EDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] net/ipv6/exthdrs.c et al: Optional strict PadN option checking | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Eldad Zack <eldad@fogrefinery.com> Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2012 12:44:27 +0200
> Added strict checking of PadN, which can be used to increase header > size and thus push the protocol header into the 2nd fragment. > > PadN is used to align the options within the Hop-by-Hop or > Destination Options header to 64-bit boundaries. The maximum valid > size is thus 7 bytes. > RFC 4942 recommends to actively check the "payload" itself and > ensure that it contains only zeroes. > > See also RFC 4942 section 2.1.9.5. > > Signed-off-by: Eldad Zack <eldad@fogrefinery.com>
A sysctl _AND_ a kconfig option, give me a break, that's pointless.
Either we want this or we don't.
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