Donate to e Foundation | Murena handsets with /e/OS | Own a part of Murena! Learn more

Skip to content
Commit 6a06888b authored by Johannes Berg's avatar Johannes Berg Committed by Jan Altensen
Browse files

ipv4: 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 IPv4 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.

Additionally, enabling this option provides compliance with a SHOULD
clause of RFC 1122.

Reviewed-by: default avatarJulian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent 81ad703a
Loading
Loading
Loading
Loading
0% Loading or .
You are about to add 0 people to the discussion. Proceed with caution.
Please register or to comment