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-rw-r--r--net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
index 948860a2a576..22bc65102370 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
@@ -146,8 +146,10 @@ static int batadv_interface_tx(struct sk_buff *skb,
struct batadv_bcast_packet *bcast_packet;
struct vlan_ethhdr *vhdr;
__be16 ethertype = __constant_htons(BATADV_ETH_P_BATMAN);
- static const uint8_t stp_addr[ETH_ALEN] = {0x01, 0x80, 0xC2, 0x00, 0x00,
- 0x00};
+ static const uint8_t stp_addr[ETH_ALEN] = {0x01, 0x80, 0xC2, 0x00,
+ 0x00, 0x00};
+ static const uint8_t ectp_addr[ETH_ALEN] = {0xCF, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+ 0x00, 0x00};
unsigned int header_len = 0;
int data_len = skb->len, ret;
short vid __maybe_unused = -1;
@@ -180,10 +182,16 @@ static int batadv_interface_tx(struct sk_buff *skb,
/* don't accept stp packets. STP does not help in meshes.
* better use the bridge loop avoidance ...
+ *
+ * The same goes for ECTP sent at least by some Cisco Switches,
+ * it might confuse the mesh when used with bridge loop avoidance.
*/
if (batadv_compare_eth(ethhdr->h_dest, stp_addr))
goto dropped;
+ if (batadv_compare_eth(ethhdr->h_dest, ectp_addr))
+ goto dropped;
+
if (is_multicast_ether_addr(ethhdr->h_dest)) {
do_bcast = true;