linux/net/ipv6
Brian Haley a1ed05263b IPv6: preferred lifetime of address not getting updated
There's a bug in addrconf_prefix_rcv() where it won't update the
preferred lifetime of an IPv6 address if the current valid lifetime
of the address is less than 2 hours (the minimum value in the RA).

For example, If I send a router advertisement with a prefix that
has valid lifetime = preferred lifetime = 2 hours we'll build
this address:

3: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qlen 1000
    inet6 2001:1890:1109:a20:217:8ff:fe7d:4718/64 scope global dynamic
       valid_lft 7175sec preferred_lft 7175sec

If I then send the same prefix with valid lifetime = preferred
lifetime = 0 it will be ignored since the minimum valid lifetime
is 2 hours:

3: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qlen 1000
    inet6 2001:1890:1109:a20:217:8ff:fe7d:4718/64 scope global dynamic
       valid_lft 7161sec preferred_lft 7161sec

But according to RFC 4862 we should always reset the preferred lifetime
even if the valid lifetime is invalid, which would cause the address
to immediately get deprecated.  So with this patch we'd see this:

5: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qlen 1000
    inet6 2001:1890:1109:a20:21f:29ff:fe5a:ef04/64 scope global deprecated dynamic
       valid_lft 7163sec preferred_lft 0sec

The comment winds-up being 5x the size of the code to fix the problem.

Update the preferred lifetime of IPv6 addresses derived from a prefix
info option in a router advertisement even if the valid lifetime in
the option is invalid, as specified in RFC 4862 Section 5.5.3e.  Fixes
an issue where an address will not immediately become deprecated.
Reported by Jens Rosenboom.

Signed-off-by: Brian Haley <brian.haley@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-07-03 19:10:13 -07:00
..
netfilter Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 2009-06-11 16:00:49 +02:00
addrconf_core.c
addrconf.c IPv6: preferred lifetime of address not getting updated 2009-07-03 19:10:13 -07:00
addrlabel.c
af_inet6.c ipv6: Use rcu_barrier() on module unload. 2009-06-26 13:51:31 -07:00
ah6.c ipv6: Use correct data types for ICMPv6 type and code 2009-06-23 04:31:07 -07:00
anycast.c
datagram.c
esp6.c ipv6: Use correct data types for ICMPv6 type and code 2009-06-23 04:31:07 -07:00
exthdrs_core.c
exthdrs.c net: skb->dst accessors 2009-06-03 02:51:04 -07:00
fib6_rules.c net: Remove unused parameter from fill method in fib_rules_ops. 2009-05-20 17:26:23 -07:00
icmp.c ipv6: Use correct data types for ICMPv6 type and code 2009-06-23 04:31:07 -07:00
inet6_connection_sock.c net: skb->dst accessors 2009-06-03 02:51:04 -07:00
inet6_hashtables.c
ip6_fib.c
ip6_flowlabel.c
ip6_input.c inet: Call skb_orphan before tproxy activates 2009-06-26 19:22:37 -07:00
ip6_output.c net: No more expensive sock_hold()/sock_put() on each tx 2009-06-11 02:55:43 -07:00
ip6_tunnel.c ipv6: Use correct data types for ICMPv6 type and code 2009-06-23 04:31:07 -07:00
ip6mr.c PIM-SM: namespace changes 2009-06-14 03:16:13 -07:00
ipcomp6.c ipv6: Use correct data types for ICMPv6 type and code 2009-06-23 04:31:07 -07:00
ipv6_sockglue.c
Kconfig trivial: Kconfig: .ko is normally not included in module names 2009-06-12 18:01:50 +02:00
Makefile
mcast.c net: skb->dst accessors 2009-06-03 02:51:04 -07:00
mip6.c ipv6: Use correct data types for ICMPv6 type and code 2009-06-23 04:31:07 -07:00
ndisc.c net: skb->dst accessors 2009-06-03 02:51:04 -07:00
netfilter.c net: skb->dst accessors 2009-06-03 02:51:04 -07:00
proc.c
protocol.c
raw.c ipv6: Use correct data types for ICMPv6 type and code 2009-06-23 04:31:07 -07:00
reassembly.c ipv6: Use frag list abstraction interfaces. 2009-06-09 00:20:05 -07:00
route.c ipv6: Use correct data types for ICMPv6 type and code 2009-06-23 04:31:07 -07:00
sit.c net: skb->dst accessors 2009-06-03 02:51:04 -07:00
syncookies.c
sysctl_net_ipv6.c
tcp_ipv6.c ipv6: Use correct data types for ICMPv6 type and code 2009-06-23 04:31:07 -07:00
tunnel6.c ipv6: Use correct data types for ICMPv6 type and code 2009-06-23 04:31:07 -07:00
udp_impl.h ipv6: Use correct data types for ICMPv6 type and code 2009-06-23 04:31:07 -07:00
udp.c ipv6: Use correct data types for ICMPv6 type and code 2009-06-23 04:31:07 -07:00
udplite.c ipv6: Use correct data types for ICMPv6 type and code 2009-06-23 04:31:07 -07:00
xfrm6_input.c
xfrm6_mode_beet.c
xfrm6_mode_ro.c
xfrm6_mode_transport.c
xfrm6_mode_tunnel.c net: skb->dst accessors 2009-06-03 02:51:04 -07:00
xfrm6_output.c net: skb->dst accessors 2009-06-03 02:51:04 -07:00
xfrm6_policy.c xfrm6: fix the proto and ports decode of sctp protocol 2009-07-03 19:10:10 -07:00
xfrm6_state.c
xfrm6_tunnel.c ipv6: Use correct data types for ICMPv6 type and code 2009-06-23 04:31:07 -07:00