From 1a47124756646bf3f42eab939adccba186ec63bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Berg Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 13:31:19 +0100 Subject: ipv6: add option to drop unicast encapsulated in L2 multicast In order to solve a problem with 802.11, the so-called hole-196 attack, add an option (sysctl) called "drop_unicast_in_l2_multicast" which, if enabled, causes the stack to drop IPv6 unicast packets encapsulated in link-layer multi- or broadcast frames. Such frames can (as an attack) be created by any member of the same wireless network and transmitted as valid encrypted frames since the symmetric key for broadcast frames is shared between all stations. Reviewed-by: Julian Anastasov Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: David S. Miller (cherry picked from commit dede82143bf1bbf92ea73a519bb0298b19c56cb9) Change-Id: I76c8f84b53e95c40ad3c2b5adac0ec4964cc920c --- include/linux/ipv6.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/ipv6.h b/include/linux/ipv6.h index 7631503cd33f..53e7b5b9c83f 100644 --- a/include/linux/ipv6.h +++ b/include/linux/ipv6.h @@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ struct ipv6_devconf { __s32 mc_forwarding; #endif __s32 disable_ipv6; + __s32 drop_unicast_in_l2_multicast; __s32 accept_dad; __s32 force_tllao; __s32 ndisc_notify; -- cgit v1.2.3