ipv6: Don't send packet to big messages to self
Calling icmpv6_send() on a local message size error leads to an
incorrect update of the path mtu in the case when IPsec is used.
So use ipv6_local_error() instead to notify the socket about the
error.
Reported-by: Jiri Bohac <jbohac@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 906b7e6..c953825 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -242,9 +242,8 @@
dst->dev, dst_output);
}
- net_dbg_ratelimited("IPv6: sending pkt_too_big to self\n");
skb->dev = dst->dev;
- icmpv6_send(skb, ICMPV6_PKT_TOOBIG, 0, mtu);
+ ipv6_local_error(sk, EMSGSIZE, fl6, mtu);
IP6_INC_STATS(net, ip6_dst_idev(skb_dst(skb)), IPSTATS_MIB_FRAGFAILS);
kfree_skb(skb);
return -EMSGSIZE;