[PATCH 2/2] net: ipv6: network protocol structures should be packed

Ramon Fried rfried.dev at gmail.com
Sat Jun 10 12:45:02 CEST 2023


On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 9:24 PM <emohandesi at linux.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> From: Ehsan Mohandesi <emohandesi at linux.microsoft.com>
>
> The structure icmp6_ra_prefix_info needs to be packed because it is read
> from a network stream.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ehsan Mohandesi <emohandesi at linux.microsoft.com>
> ---
>  include/net6.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/net6.h b/include/net6.h
> index beafc05..1e766aa 100644
> --- a/include/net6.h
> +++ b/include/net6.h
> @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ struct icmp6_ra_prefix_info {
>          * be initialized to zero by the sender and ignored by the receiver.
>          */
>         struct in6_addr prefix;
> -};
> +} __packed;
>
>  extern struct in6_addr const net_null_addr_ip6;        /* NULL IPv6 address */
>  extern struct in6_addr net_gateway6;   /* Our gateways IPv6 address */
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>
Reviewed-by: Ramon Fried <rfried.dev at gmail.com>


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