when data arrives at IP through loopback (and possibly other devices). So the field needs to be cleared before it confuses the route code. This was seen when running netem over loopback, but there are probably other device cases. Maybe this should go into stable?
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- net/ipv4/ip_input.c | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_input.c b/net/ipv4/ip_input.c index e1a7dba..184c78c 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/ip_input.c +++ b/net/ipv4/ip_input.c @@ -428,6 +428,9 @@ int ip_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct n goto drop; } + /* Remove any debris in the socket control block */ + memset(&(IPCB(skb)->opt), 0, sizeof(struct ip_options)); + return NF_HOOK(PF_INET, NF_IP_PRE_ROUTING, skb, dev, NULL, ip_rcv_finish); -- 1.4.0 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html