This brokenness appears reliably after running "rdisc6 wwan0" but I have not debugged if this is related to timing or the format of the router solicitation. Before receiving a router solicitation, v4 is received correctly and v6 does not work. After sending the MF821D a router solicitation with rdisc6, v4 is broken but v6 works. With this patch (which I am using to write this message) a dual-stack context is usable.
commit 2c25237d19c0c9741c6ebec854def99b88618eac Author: Jussi Peltola <p...@plz.fi> Date: Sun Nov 13 15:41:50 2016 +0200 Fixup packets with incorrect ethertype sent by ZTE MF821D Signed-off-by: Jussi Peltola <p...@plz.fi> diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c b/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c index 3ff76c6..edd8172 100644 --- a/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c +++ b/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c @@ -172,6 +172,12 @@ static const u8 buggy_fw_addr[ETH_ALEN] = {0x00, 0xa0, 0xc6, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00}; * Another common firmware bug results in all packets being addressed * to 00:a0:c6:00:00:00 despite the host address being different. * This function will also fixup such packets. + * + * At least the ZTE MF821D sends IPv4 packets with a bogus ethertype + * of 0x63bc, 0xe3bc, 0x63bd or 0xe3bd, and bogus source and + * destination MACs after it has received an IPv6 router solicitation + * (IPv6 is transmitted correctly). This function will also fix up + * such packets. */ static int qmi_wwan_rx_fixup(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb) { @@ -195,12 +201,21 @@ static int qmi_wwan_rx_fixup(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb) return 0; if (is_multicast_ether_addr(skb->data)) return 1; + /* possibly bogus destination - rewrite just in case */ skb_reset_mac_header(skb); goto fix_dest; default: if (rawip) return 0; + + /* Bogus ethertype and src/dst mac for v4 on ZTE MF821D */ + if ((skb->data[12] & 0x7f) == 0x63 + && (skb->data[13] & 0xfe) == 0xbc) { + proto = htons(ETH_P_IP); + goto reset_mac; + } + /* pass along other packets without modifications */ return 1; } @@ -213,6 +228,7 @@ static int qmi_wwan_rx_fixup(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb) if (skb_headroom(skb) < ETH_HLEN) return 0; skb_push(skb, ETH_HLEN); +reset_mac: skb_reset_mac_header(skb); eth_hdr(skb)->h_proto = proto; eth_zero_addr(eth_hdr(skb)->h_source);