diff --git a/target/linux/generic/backport-5.10/615-v5.14-ip-Treat-IPv4-segment-s-lowest-address-as-unicast.patch b/target/linux/generic/backport-5.10/615-v5.14-ip-Treat-IPv4-segment-s-lowest-address-as-unicast.patch new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..8aabbe28599 --- /dev/null +++ b/target/linux/generic/backport-5.10/615-v5.14-ip-Treat-IPv4-segment-s-lowest-address-as-unicast.patch @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +From 94c821c74bf5fe0c25e09df5334a16f98608db90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 +From: Seth David Schoen +Date: Wed, 12 May 2021 21:37:49 -0700 +Subject: [PATCH] ip: Treat IPv4 segment's lowest address as unicast + +Treat only the highest, not the lowest, IPv4 address within a local +subnet as a broadcast address. + +Signed-off-by: Seth David Schoen +Suggested-by: John Gilmore +Acked-by: Dave Taht +Reviewed-by: David Ahern +Signed-off-by: David S. Miller +Link: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next.git/commit/?id=94c821c74bf5 +--- + net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c | 4 +--- + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) + +--- a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c ++++ b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c +@@ -1129,10 +1129,8 @@ void fib_add_ifaddr(struct in_ifaddr *if + prefix, ifa->ifa_prefixlen, prim, + ifa->ifa_rt_priority); + +- /* Add network specific broadcasts, when it takes a sense */ ++ /* Add the network broadcast address, when it makes sense */ + if (ifa->ifa_prefixlen < 31) { +- fib_magic(RTM_NEWROUTE, RTN_BROADCAST, prefix, 32, +- prim, 0); + fib_magic(RTM_NEWROUTE, RTN_BROADCAST, prefix | ~mask, + 32, prim, 0); + arp_invalidate(dev, prefix | ~mask, false);