aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv6/ndisc.c')
-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/ndisc.c9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
index f01c153..d8878ed 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
@@ -1284,7 +1284,14 @@ static void ndisc_router_discovery(struct sk_buff *skb)
rt->rt6i_expires = 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_PRINTK2(KERN_WARNING, "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);