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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | inet/inet6_opt.c | 8 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index a6a47faf4e..951cf3576f 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ 2008-03-08 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> + [BZ #5760] + * inet/inet6_opt.c (inet6_opt_init): Fix ip6h_len computation. + Patch by Roland Bless <roland@bless.de>. + * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/dl-sysdep.c: Avoid unnecessary code for .o file. * elf/Makefile (routines): Add dl-sysdep. diff --git a/inet/inet6_opt.c b/inet/inet6_opt.c index 17d3fee213..83063d2259 100644 --- a/inet/inet6_opt.c +++ b/inet/inet6_opt.c @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -/* Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +/* Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of the GNU C Library. Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 2006. @@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ inet6_opt_init (void *extbuf, socklen_t extlen) /* Fill in the length in units of 8 octets. */ struct ip6_hbh *extp = (struct ip6_hbh *) extbuf; - extp->ip6h_len = extlen / 8; + + /* RFC 2460 requires that the header extension length is the + length of the option header in 8-byte units, not including + the first 8 bytes. Hence we have to subtract one. */ + extp->ip6h_len = extlen / 8 - 1; } return sizeof (struct ip6_hbh); |