Re: [PATCH net] net/ipv6: Fix linklocal to global address with VRF

From: dsahern@kernel.org
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 12:41:18 -0700

From: David Ahern <redacted>

Example setup:
    host: ip -6 addr add dev eth1 2001:db8:104::4
           where eth1 is enslaved to a VRF

    switch: ip -6 ro add 2001:db8:104::4/128 dev br1
            where br1 only has an LLA

           ping6 2001:db8:104::4
           ssh   2001:db8:104::4

(NOTE: UDP works fine if the PKTINFO has the address set to the global
address and ifindex is set to the index of eth1 with a destination an
LLA).

For ICMP, icmp6_iif needs to be updated to check if skb->dev is an
L3 master. If it is then return the ifindex from rt6i_idev similar
to what is done for loopback.

For TCP, restore the original tcp_v6_iif definition which is needed in
most places and add a new tcp_v6_iif_l3_slave that considers the
l3_slave variability. This latter check is only needed for socket
lookups.

Fixes: 9ff74384600a ("net: vrf: Handle ipv6 multicast and link-local addresses")
Signed-off-by: David Ahern <redacted>

Applied and queued up for -stable.

Dave: I can look at the backports to stable if needed.

Please do, that will help me a lot.