FreeBSD Errata Notices
2007-Feb-28 18:49 UTC
[FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD Errata Notice FreeBSD-EN-07:02.net
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Errata Notice
The FreeBSD Project
Topic: IPv6 over Point-to-Point gif(4) tunnels
Category: core
Module: sys_netinet6
Announced: 2007-02-28
Credits: Bruce A. Mah
Affects: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE
Corrected: 2007-02-08 22:52:56 UTC (RELENG_6, 6.2-STABLE)
2007-02-28 18:24:37 UTC (RELENG_6_2, 6.2-RELEASE-p2)
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I. Background
The FreeBSD kernel provides basic networking services, including
(among other protocols) the IPv6 network protocol stack.
The gif(4) tunnel driver provides a generic tunnelling interface,
which is commonly used to carry IPv6 packets across an IPv4 internetwork.
II. Problem Description
FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE contains a regression in the behavior of IPv6
over gif(4) tunnels configured as point-to-point interfaces (in
other words, gif(4) interfaces with an explicitly-configured destination
address and a 128-bit prefix length). When such an interface is
configured, a route to the destination address must be added implicitly
by the kernel to allow packets to traverse the tunnel properly.
FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE does not do this.
III. Impact
In some cases, it may be impossible for a host to send IPv6 traffic over a
gif(4) tunnel interface due to the lack of an appropriate routing table
entry.
IV. Workaround
One workaround is to add a route to the destination address explicitly
using the route(8) command, as in the following example:
# route add -host -inet6 ADDRESS -interface GIF -nostatic -llinfo
In the command line above, ADDRESS and GIF should be replaced by the
destination IPv6 address and the interface name of the gif(4) tunnel,
respectively.
In some cases, the host route to the destination may be added implicitly
as a side-effect of receiving inbound packets over the tunnel.
V. Solution
Perform one of the following:
1) Upgrade your affected system to 6-STABLE or to the RELENG_6_2
security branch dated after the correction date.
2) To patch your present system:
The following patches have been verified to apply to FreeBSD 6.2
systems.
a) Download the relevant patch from the location below, and verify the
detached PGP signature using your PGP utility.
# fetch http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/EN-07:02/net.patch
# fetch http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/EN-07:02/net.patch.asc
b) Apply the patch.
# cd /usr/src
# patch < /path/to/patch
c) Recompile your kernel as described in
<URL:http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/kernelconfig.html> and reboot the
system.
VI. Correction details
The following list contains the revision numbers of each file that was
corrected in FreeBSD.
Branch Revision
Path
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RELENG_6_2
src/UPDATING 1.416.2.29.2.5
src/sys/conf/newvers.sh 1.69.2.13.2.5
src/sys/netinet6/nd6.c 1.48.2.15.2.1
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The latest revision of this Errata Notice is available at
http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-07:02.net.asc
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