ipv6: Make v4-mapped bindings consistent with IPv4
authorVlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com>
Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:24:50 +0000 (16:24 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:49:10 +0000 (19:49 -0700)
Binding to a v4-mapped address on an AF_INET6 socket should
produce the same result as binding to an IPv4 address on
AF_INET socket.  The two are interchangable as v4-mapped
address is really a portability aid.

Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/ipv6/af_inet6.c

index 9b6a37d16fb0d51725b3da8c929898f349131424..61f55386a236cb7c0ba52f831ebd02a6656c10d7 100644 (file)
@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@ int inet6_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addr_len)
 
        /* Check if the address belongs to the host. */
        if (addr_type == IPV6_ADDR_MAPPED) {
+               int chk_addr_ret;
+
                /* Binding to v4-mapped address on a v6-only socket
                 * makes no sense
                 */
@@ -283,11 +285,17 @@ int inet6_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addr_len)
                        err = -EINVAL;
                        goto out;
                }
+
+               /* Reproduce AF_INET checks to make the bindings consitant */
                v4addr = addr->sin6_addr.s6_addr32[3];
-               if (inet_addr_type(net, v4addr) != RTN_LOCAL) {
-                       err = -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
+               chk_addr_ret = inet_addr_type(net, v4addr);
+               if (!sysctl_ip_nonlocal_bind &&
+                   !(inet->freebind || inet->transparent) &&
+                   v4addr != htonl(INADDR_ANY) &&
+                   chk_addr_ret != RTN_LOCAL &&
+                   chk_addr_ret != RTN_MULTICAST &&
+                   chk_addr_ret != RTN_BROADCAST)
                        goto out;
-               }
        } else {
                if (addr_type != IPV6_ADDR_ANY) {
                        struct net_device *dev = NULL;