Bug 390071 – IPv6 layer wrongly delivers multicast packet to upper layer

Bug 390071 - IPv6 layer wrongly delivers multicast packet to upper layer

Summary:	IPv6 layer wrongly delivers multicast packet to upper layer

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	5.1
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	low Severity high
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Assigned To:	Neil Horman
QA Contact:	Martin Jenner
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Reported:	2007-11-19 03:48 EST by Gui Jianfeng
Modified:	2008-05-21 11:01 EDT (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Fixed In Version:	RHBA-2008-0314
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2008-05-21 11:01:56 EDT
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The patch for fixing this problem (590 bytes, patch) 2007-11-19 03:48 EST, Gui Jianfeng	no flags	Details \| Diff
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Description Gui Jianfeng 2007-11-19 03:48:07 EST

Description of problem:
IPv6 layer will deliver any IPV6 multicast packet to upper layer even if the
packet has a invalid multicast address(nobody participates in this address).

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.6.18-53.el5

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Comment 1 Gui Jianfeng 2007-11-19 03:48:07 EST

Created attachment 263341 [details]
The patch for fixing this problem

Comment 2 Gui Jianfeng 2007-12-19 21:47:00 EST

Excuse me, will this patch be applied to RHEL5.2?

Comment 6 Don Zickus 2008-01-08 15:46:43 EST

in 2.6.18-64.el5
You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2008-05-21 11:01:56 EDT

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2008-0314.html

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