A pppoe session is identified by its session ID and MAC address. Currently pppoe does not check if the received pkg has the correct MAC address. This is a problem when the eth I/F is in promisc mode as then any DST MAC address is accepted. ---
v2 - The MAC address check should encompass all pppoe pkgs, not only the relay type. drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c b/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c index ff059e1..aa1dd92 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c +++ b/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c @@ -380,6 +380,9 @@ static int pppoe_rcv_core(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb) * can't change. */ + if (skb->pkt_type == PACKET_OTHERHOST) + goto abort_kfree; + if (sk->sk_state & PPPOX_BOUND) { ppp_input(&po->chan, skb); } else if (sk->sk_state & PPPOX_RELAY) { -- 2.0.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html