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-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/addrconf.c35
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 8c1e86afbbf5..43b3c9f89c12 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -1916,8 +1916,32 @@ ok:
update_lft = 1;
else if (stored_lft <= MIN_VALID_LIFETIME) {
/* valid_lft <= stored_lft is always true */
- /* XXX: IPsec */
- update_lft = 0;
+ /*
+ * RFC 4862 Section 5.5.3e:
+ * "Note that the preferred lifetime of
+ * the corresponding address is always
+ * reset to the Preferred Lifetime in
+ * the received Prefix Information
+ * option, regardless of whether the
+ * valid lifetime is also reset or
+ * ignored."
+ *
+ * So if the preferred lifetime in
+ * this advertisement is different
+ * than what we have stored, but the
+ * valid lifetime is invalid, just
+ * reset prefered_lft.
+ *
+ * We must set the valid lifetime
+ * to the stored lifetime since we'll
+ * be updating the timestamp below,
+ * else we'll set it back to the
+ * minumum.
+ */
+ if (prefered_lft != ifp->prefered_lft) {
+ valid_lft = stored_lft;
+ update_lft = 1;
+ }
} else {
valid_lft = MIN_VALID_LIFETIME;
if (valid_lft < prefered_lft)
@@ -3085,7 +3109,7 @@ restart:
spin_unlock(&ifp->lock);
continue;
} else if (age >= ifp->prefered_lft) {
- /* jiffies - ifp->tsamp > age >= ifp->prefered_lft */
+ /* jiffies - ifp->tstamp > age >= ifp->prefered_lft */
int deprecate = 0;
if (!(ifp->flags&IFA_F_DEPRECATED)) {
@@ -3362,7 +3386,10 @@ static int inet6_fill_ifaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct inet6_ifaddr *ifa,
valid = ifa->valid_lft;
if (preferred != INFINITY_LIFE_TIME) {
long tval = (jiffies - ifa->tstamp)/HZ;
- preferred -= tval;
+ if (preferred > tval)
+ preferred -= tval;
+ else
+ preferred = 0;
if (valid != INFINITY_LIFE_TIME)
valid -= tval;
}