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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt5
-rw-r--r--include/net/netns/ipv6.h1
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/ping.c3
-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/af_inet6.c3
-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/raw.c3
-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c8
6 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index 5fae7704daab..f63aeefd2c24 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -1435,6 +1435,11 @@ mtu - INTEGER
Default Maximum Transfer Unit
Default: 1280 (IPv6 required minimum)
+ip_nonlocal_bind - BOOLEAN
+ If set, allows processes to bind() to non-local IPv6 addresses,
+ which can be quite useful - but may break some applications.
+ Default: 0
+
router_probe_interval - INTEGER
Minimum interval (in seconds) between Router Probing described
in RFC4191.
diff --git a/include/net/netns/ipv6.h b/include/net/netns/ipv6.h
index 8d93544a2d2b..c0368db6df54 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/ipv6.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ struct netns_sysctl_ipv6 {
int auto_flowlabels;
int icmpv6_time;
int anycast_src_echo_reply;
+ int ip_nonlocal_bind;
int fwmark_reflect;
int idgen_retries;
int idgen_delay;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ping.c b/net/ipv4/ping.c
index 05ff44b758df..e89094ab5ddb 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ping.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ping.c
@@ -363,7 +363,8 @@ static int ping_check_bind_addr(struct sock *sk, struct inet_sock *isk,
scoped);
rcu_read_unlock();
- if (!(isk->freebind || isk->transparent || has_addr ||
+ if (!(net->ipv6.sysctl.ip_nonlocal_bind ||
+ isk->freebind || isk->transparent || has_addr ||
addr_type == IPV6_ADDR_ANY))
return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
index 39e670a91596..7bc92ea4ae8f 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
@@ -342,7 +342,8 @@ int inet6_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addr_len)
*/
v4addr = LOOPBACK4_IPV6;
if (!(addr_type & IPV6_ADDR_MULTICAST)) {
- if (!(inet->freebind || inet->transparent) &&
+ if (!net->ipv6.sysctl.ip_nonlocal_bind &&
+ !(inet->freebind || inet->transparent) &&
!ipv6_chk_addr(net, &addr->sin6_addr,
dev, 0)) {
err = -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/raw.c b/net/ipv6/raw.c
index ca4700cb26c4..fdbada1569a3 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/raw.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/raw.c
@@ -295,7 +295,8 @@ static int rawv6_bind(struct sock *sk, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addr_len)
* unspecified and mapped address have a v4 equivalent.
*/
v4addr = LOOPBACK4_IPV6;
- if (!(addr_type & IPV6_ADDR_MULTICAST)) {
+ if (!(addr_type & IPV6_ADDR_MULTICAST) &&
+ !sock_net(sk)->ipv6.sysctl.ip_nonlocal_bind) {
err = -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
if (!ipv6_chk_addr(sock_net(sk), &addr->sin6_addr,
dev, 0)) {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c
index 4e705add4f18..db48aebd9c47 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c
@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@ static struct ctl_table ipv6_table_template[] = {
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_dointvec
},
+ {
+ .procname = "ip_nonlocal_bind",
+ .data = &init_net.ipv6.sysctl.ip_nonlocal_bind,
+ .maxlen = sizeof(int),
+ .mode = 0644,
+ .proc_handler = proc_dointvec
+ },
{ }
};
@@ -117,6 +124,7 @@ static int __net_init ipv6_sysctl_net_init(struct net *net)
ipv6_table[5].data = &net->ipv6.sysctl.idgen_retries;
ipv6_table[6].data = &net->ipv6.sysctl.idgen_delay;
ipv6_table[7].data = &net->ipv6.sysctl.flowlabel_state_ranges;
+ ipv6_table[8].data = &net->ipv6.sysctl.ip_nonlocal_bind;
ipv6_route_table = ipv6_route_sysctl_init(net);
if (!ipv6_route_table)