pneigh_lookup(&nd_tbl, net, &hdr->daddr, skb->dev, 0)) {
int proxied = ip6_forward_proxy_check(skb);
if (proxied > 0) {
- hdr->hop_limit--;
+ /* It's tempting to decrease the hop limit
+ * here by 1, as we do at the end of the
+ * function too.
+ *
+ * But that would be incorrect, as proxying is
+ * not forwarding. The ip6_input function
+ * will handle this packet locally, and it
+ * depends on the hop limit being unchanged.
+ *
+ * One example is the NDP hop limit, that
+ * always has to stay 255, but other would be
+ * similar checks around RA packets, where the
+ * user can even change the desired limit.
+ */
return ip6_input(skb);
} else if (proxied < 0) {
__IP6_INC_STATS(net, idev, IPSTATS_MIB_INDISCARDS);
if (err < 0)
goto fail;
+ /* We prevent @rt from being freed. */
+ rcu_read_lock();
+
for (;;) {
/* Prepare header of the next frame,
* before previous one went down. */
if (err == 0) {
IP6_INC_STATS(net, ip6_dst_idev(&rt->dst),
IPSTATS_MIB_FRAGOKS);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
return 0;
}
IP6_INC_STATS(net, ip6_dst_idev(&rt->dst),
IPSTATS_MIB_FRAGFAILS);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
return err;
slow_path_clean:
IP6_UPD_PO_STATS(net, rt->rt6i_idev, IPSTATS_MIB_OUT, skb->len);
if (proto == IPPROTO_ICMPV6) {
struct inet6_dev *idev = ip6_dst_idev(skb_dst(skb));
+ u8 icmp6_type;
- ICMP6MSGOUT_INC_STATS(net, idev, icmp6_hdr(skb)->icmp6_type);
+ if (sk->sk_socket->type == SOCK_RAW && !inet_sk(sk)->hdrincl)
+ icmp6_type = fl6->fl6_icmp_type;
+ else
+ icmp6_type = icmp6_hdr(skb)->icmp6_type;
+ ICMP6MSGOUT_INC_STATS(net, idev, icmp6_type);
ICMP6_INC_STATS(net, idev, ICMP6_MIB_OUTMSGS);
}