From 8e93e2bdfbb2ebf00a0b4f6d1693d7f5f8a66d4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Engelmohr Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 18:30:48 +0200 Subject: 3.10.75 -> 3.10.76 --- net/ipv6/ndisc.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'net/ipv6/ndisc.c') diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c index 5aab1acc3..42c40b119 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c +++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c @@ -1193,7 +1193,14 @@ static void ndisc_router_discovery(struct sk_buff *skb) if (rt) rt6_set_expires(rt, jiffies + (HZ * lifetime)); if (ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_hop_limit) { - in6_dev->cnf.hop_limit = ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_hop_limit; + /* Only set hop_limit on the interface if it is higher than + * the current hop_limit. + */ + if (in6_dev->cnf.hop_limit < ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_hop_limit) { + in6_dev->cnf.hop_limit = ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_hop_limit; + } else { + ND_PRINTK(2, warn, "RA: Got route advertisement with lower hop_limit than current\n"); + } if (rt) dst_metric_set(&rt->dst, RTAX_HOPLIMIT, ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_hop_limit); -- cgit v1.2.3