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Commit 72b43d08 authored by Alexey Kuznetsov's avatar Alexey Kuznetsov Committed by David S. Miller
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inet6: prevent network storms caused by linux IPv6 routers



Linux IPv6 forwards unicast packets, which are link layer multicasts...
The hole was present since day one. I was 100% this check is there, but it is not.

The problem shows itself, f.e. when Microsoft Network Load Balancer runs on a network.
This software resolves IPv6 unicast addresses to multicast MAC addresses.

Signed-off-by: default avatarAlexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent 12252771
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