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
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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
Kconfig trivial: Kconfig: .ko is normally not included in module names 2009-06-12 18:01:50 +02:00
Makefile [IPV6] MROUTE: Support multicast forwarding. 2008-04-05 22:33:38 +09:00
addrconf.c IPv6: preferred lifetime of address not getting updated 2009-07-03 19:10:13 -07:00
addrconf_core.c [IPV6]: ipv6_addr_type() doesn't know about RFC4193 addresses. 2007-07-31 02:28:21 -07:00
addrlabel.c net: replace %p6 with %pI6 2008-10-29 12:52:50 -07:00
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 net: replace %#p6 format specifier with %pi6 2008-10-29 12:50:24 -07:00
datagram.c netns xfrm: lookup in netns 2008-11-25 17:35:18 -08:00
esp6.c ipv6: Use correct data types for ICMPv6 type and code 2009-06-23 04:31:07 -07:00
exthdrs.c net: skb->dst accessors 2009-06-03 02:51:04 -07:00
exthdrs_core.c [NET] IPV6: Fix whitespace errors. 2007-02-10 23:19:42 -08:00
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 ipv6: don't use tw net when accounting for recycled tw 2009-02-26 03:35:13 -08:00
ip6_fib.c ipv6: Fix fib6_dump_table walker leak 2009-01-13 22:17:51 -08:00
ip6_flowlabel.c ipv6: Disallow rediculious flowlabel option sizes. 2009-02-06 00:49:55 -08:00
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 ipv6:remove useless check 2009-04-14 02:21:41 -07:00
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 snmp: add missing counters for RFC 4293 2009-04-27 02:45:02 -07:00
protocol.c net: remove CVS keywords 2008-06-11 21:00:38 -07:00
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 syncookies: remove last_synq_overflow from struct tcp_sock 2009-04-20 02:25:26 -07:00
sysctl_net_ipv6.c remove lots of double-semicolons 2009-01-08 08:31:14 -08:00
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.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
udplite.c ipv6: Use correct data types for ICMPv6 type and code 2009-06-23 04:31:07 -07:00
xfrm6_input.c netns xfrm: per-netns MIBs 2008-11-25 17:59:52 -08:00
xfrm6_mode_beet.c ipsec: Interfamily IPSec BEET, ipv4-inner ipv6-outer 2008-08-06 02:40:25 -07:00
xfrm6_mode_ro.c [IPSEC]: Make x->lastused an unsigned long 2008-01-28 14:53:52 -08:00
xfrm6_mode_transport.c [IPSEC]: Use IPv6 calling convention as the convention for x->mode->output 2007-10-10 16:55:54 -07:00
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 ipv6: fix sparse warning: Using plain integer as NULL pointer 2009-02-21 23:37:10 -08:00
xfrm6_tunnel.c ipv6: Use correct data types for ICMPv6 type and code 2009-06-23 04:31:07 -07:00