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Commit 189c9b1e authored by Praveen Chaudhary's avatar Praveen Chaudhary Committed by Pablo Neira Ayuso
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net: Fix skb->csum update in inet_proto_csum_replace16().



skb->csum is updated incorrectly, when manipulation for
NF_NAT_MANIP_SRC\DST is done on IPV6 packet.

Fix:
There is no need to update skb->csum in inet_proto_csum_replace16(),
because update in two fields a.) IPv6 src/dst address and b.) L4 header
checksum cancels each other for skb->csum calculation. Whereas
inet_proto_csum_replace4 function needs to update skb->csum, because
update in 3 fields a.) IPv4 src/dst address, b.) IPv4 Header checksum
and c.) L4 header checksum results in same diff as L4 Header checksum
for skb->csum calculation.

[ pablo@netfilter.org: a few comestic documentation edits ]
Signed-off-by: default avatarPraveen Chaudhary <pchaudhary@linkedin.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarZhenggen Xu <zxu@linkedin.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndy Stracner <astracner@linkedin.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarFlorian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
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