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    netfilter: remove defensive check on malformed packets from raw sockets · a7f87b47
    Pablo Neira Ayuso authored
    Users cannot forge malformed IPv4/IPv6 headers via raw sockets that they
    can inject into the stack. Specifically, not for IPv4 since 55888dfb
    
    
    ("AF_RAW: Augment raw_send_hdrinc to expand skb to fit iphdr->ihl
    (v2)"). IPv6 raw sockets also ensure that packets have a well-formed
    IPv6 header available in the skbuff.
    
    At quick glance, br_netfilter also validates layer 3 headers and it
    drops malformed both IPv4 and IPv6 packets.
    
    Therefore, let's remove this defensive check all over the place.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
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