diff --git a/net/ipv6/mcast_snoop.c b/net/ipv6/mcast_snoop.c
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+/* Copyright (C) 2010: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
+ * Copyright (C) 2015: Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@c0d3.blue>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ *
+ * Based on the MLD support added to br_multicast.c by YOSHIFUJI Hideaki.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/skbuff.h>
+#include <net/ipv6.h>
+#include <net/mld.h>
+#include <net/addrconf.h>
+#include <net/ip6_checksum.h>
+
+static int ipv6_mc_check_ip6hdr(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	const struct ipv6hdr *ip6h;
+	unsigned int len;
+	unsigned int offset = skb_network_offset(skb) + sizeof(*ip6h);
+
+	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, offset))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ip6h = ipv6_hdr(skb);
+
+	if (ip6h->version != 6)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	len = offset + ntohs(ip6h->payload_len);
+	if (skb->len < len || len <= offset)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ipv6_mc_check_exthdrs(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	const struct ipv6hdr *ip6h;
+	unsigned int offset;
+	u8 nexthdr;
+	__be16 frag_off;
+
+	ip6h = ipv6_hdr(skb);
+
+	if (ip6h->nexthdr != IPPROTO_HOPOPTS)
+		return -ENOMSG;
+
+	nexthdr = ip6h->nexthdr;
+	offset = skb_network_offset(skb) + sizeof(*ip6h);
+	offset = ipv6_skip_exthdr(skb, offset, &nexthdr, &frag_off);
+
+	if (offset < 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (nexthdr != IPPROTO_ICMPV6)
+		return -ENOMSG;
+
+	skb_set_transport_header(skb, offset);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ipv6_mc_check_mld_reportv2(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	unsigned int len = skb_transport_offset(skb);
+
+	len += sizeof(struct mld2_report);
+
+	return pskb_may_pull(skb, len) ? 0 : -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static int ipv6_mc_check_mld_query(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	struct mld_msg *mld;
+	unsigned int len = skb_transport_offset(skb);
+
+	/* RFC2710+RFC3810 (MLDv1+MLDv2) require link-local source addresses */
+	if (!(ipv6_addr_type(&ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr) & IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	len += sizeof(struct mld_msg);
+	if (skb->len < len)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* MLDv1? */
+	if (skb->len != len) {
+		/* or MLDv2? */
+		len += sizeof(struct mld2_query) - sizeof(struct mld_msg);
+		if (skb->len < len || !pskb_may_pull(skb, len))
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	mld = (struct mld_msg *)skb_transport_header(skb);
+
+	/* RFC2710+RFC3810 (MLDv1+MLDv2) require the multicast link layer
+	 * all-nodes destination address (ff02::1) for general queries
+	 */
+	if (ipv6_addr_any(&mld->mld_mca) &&
+	    !ipv6_addr_is_ll_all_nodes(&ipv6_hdr(skb)->daddr))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ipv6_mc_check_mld_msg(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	struct mld_msg *mld = (struct mld_msg *)skb_transport_header(skb);
+
+	switch (mld->mld_type) {
+	case ICMPV6_MGM_REDUCTION:
+	case ICMPV6_MGM_REPORT:
+		/* fall through */
+		return 0;
+	case ICMPV6_MLD2_REPORT:
+		return ipv6_mc_check_mld_reportv2(skb);
+	case ICMPV6_MGM_QUERY:
+		return ipv6_mc_check_mld_query(skb);
+	default:
+		return -ENOMSG;
+	}
+}
+
+static inline __sum16 ipv6_mc_validate_checksum(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	return skb_checksum_validate(skb, IPPROTO_ICMPV6, ip6_compute_pseudo);
+}
+
+static int __ipv6_mc_check_mld(struct sk_buff *skb,
+			       struct sk_buff **skb_trimmed)
+
+{
+	struct sk_buff *skb_chk = NULL;
+	unsigned int transport_len;
+	unsigned int len = skb_transport_offset(skb) + sizeof(struct mld_msg);
+	int ret;
+
+	transport_len = ntohs(ipv6_hdr(skb)->payload_len);
+	transport_len -= skb_transport_offset(skb) - sizeof(struct ipv6hdr);
+
+	skb_get(skb);
+	skb_chk = skb_checksum_trimmed(skb, transport_len,
+				       ipv6_mc_validate_checksum);
+	if (!skb_chk)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb_chk, len)) {
+		kfree_skb(skb_chk);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	ret = ipv6_mc_check_mld_msg(skb_chk);
+	if (ret) {
+		kfree_skb(skb_chk);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	if (skb_trimmed)
+		*skb_trimmed = skb_chk;
+	else
+		kfree_skb(skb_chk);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ipv6_mc_check_mld - checks whether this is a sane MLD packet
+ * @skb: the skb to validate
+ * @skb_trimmed: to store an skb pointer trimmed to IPv6 packet tail (optional)
+ *
+ * Checks whether an IPv6 packet is a valid MLD packet. If so sets
+ * skb network and transport headers accordingly and returns zero.
+ *
+ * -EINVAL: A broken packet was detected, i.e. it violates some internet
+ *  standard
+ * -ENOMSG: IP header validation succeeded but it is not an MLD packet.
+ * -ENOMEM: A memory allocation failure happened.
+ *
+ * Optionally, an skb pointer might be provided via skb_trimmed (or set it
+ * to NULL): After parsing an MLD packet successfully it will point to
+ * an skb which has its tail aligned to the IP packet end. This might
+ * either be the originally provided skb or a trimmed, cloned version if
+ * the skb frame had data beyond the IP packet. A cloned skb allows us
+ * to leave the original skb and its full frame unchanged (which might be
+ * desirable for layer 2 frame jugglers).
+ *
+ * The caller needs to release a reference count from any returned skb_trimmed.
+ */
+int ipv6_mc_check_mld(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sk_buff **skb_trimmed)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = ipv6_mc_check_ip6hdr(skb);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = ipv6_mc_check_exthdrs(skb);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	return __ipv6_mc_check_mld(skb, skb_trimmed);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ipv6_mc_check_mld);