From 876c7f41961dc5172b03cbf2dca65f05003f28a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Haley Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:38:24 -0400 Subject: [IPv6]: Change IPv6 unspecified destination address to ::1 for raw and un-connected sockets This patch fixes a difference between IPv4 and IPv6 when sending packets to the unspecified address (either 0.0.0.0 or ::) when using raw or un-connected UDP sockets. There are two cases where IPv6 either fails to send anything, or sends with the destination address set to ::. For example: --> ping -c1 0.0.0.0 PING 0.0.0.0 (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.032 ms --> ping6 -c1 :: PING ::(::) 56 data bytes ping: sendmsg: Invalid argument Doing a sendto("0.0.0.0") reveals: 10:55:01.495090 IP localhost.32780 > localhost.7639: UDP, length 100 Doing a sendto("::") reveals: 10:56:13.262478 IP6 fe80::217:8ff:fe7d:4718.32779 > ::.7639: UDP, length 100 If you issue a connect() first in the UDP case, it will be sent to ::1, similar to what happens with TCP. This restores the BSD-ism. Signed-off-by: Brian Haley Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki --- net/ipv6/raw.c | 14 ++++---------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) (limited to 'net/ipv6/raw.c') diff --git a/net/ipv6/raw.c b/net/ipv6/raw.c index 088b80b4ce7..059298baa1d 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/raw.c +++ b/net/ipv6/raw.c @@ -805,15 +805,6 @@ static int rawv6_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk, fl.fl6_flowlabel = np->flow_label; } - if (ipv6_addr_any(daddr)) { - /* - * unspecified destination address - * treated as error... is this correct ? - */ - fl6_sock_release(flowlabel); - return(-EINVAL); - } - if (fl.oif == 0) fl.oif = sk->sk_bound_dev_if; @@ -846,7 +837,10 @@ static int rawv6_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk, if (err) goto out; - ipv6_addr_copy(&fl.fl6_dst, daddr); + if (!ipv6_addr_any(daddr)) + ipv6_addr_copy(&fl.fl6_dst, daddr); + else + fl.fl6_dst.s6_addr[15] = 0x1; /* :: means loopback (BSD'ism) */ if (ipv6_addr_any(&fl.fl6_src) && !ipv6_addr_any(&np->saddr)) ipv6_addr_copy(&fl.fl6_src, &np->saddr); -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2