Re: [PATCH] net: ipv6: check route protocol when deleting routes

From: David Miller
Date: Sat Dec 17 2016 - 21:37:27 EST


From: Mantas Mikulėnas <grawity@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 10:30:59 +0200

> The protocol field is checked when deleting IPv4 routes, but ignored for
> IPv6, which causes problems with routing daemons accidentally deleting
> externally set routes (observed by multiple bird6 users).
>
> This can be verified using `ip -6 route del <prefix> proto something`.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mantas Mikulėnas <grawity@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks.