[PATCH wireguard] wireguard: prevent ipv6 addrconf via IFF_NO_ADDRCONF flag
Valentin Spreckels <[email protected]> Sun, 8 Feb 2026 18:05:45 +0100
| Newsgroups | com.zx2c4.lists.wireguard |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Use the flag introduced in commit 8a321cf7becc6 ("net: add
IFF_NO_ADDRCONF and use it in bonding to prevent ipv6 addrconf")
instead of mangling the addr_gen_mode to prevent ipv6 addrconf.
Signed-off-by: Valentin Spreckels <[email protected]>
---
drivers/net/wireguard/device.c | 5 +----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireguard/device.c b/drivers/net/wireguard/device.c
index 46a71ec36af87..4b29f2fa51d1d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireguard/device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireguard/device.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ static LIST_HEAD(device_list);
static int wg_open(struct net_device *dev)
{
struct in_device *dev_v4 = __in_dev_get_rtnl(dev);
- struct inet6_dev *dev_v6 = __in6_dev_get(dev);
struct wg_device *wg = netdev_priv(dev);
struct wg_peer *peer;
int ret;
@@ -44,8 +43,6 @@ static int wg_open(struct net_device *dev)
IN_DEV_CONF_SET(dev_v4, SEND_REDIRECTS, false);
IPV4_DEVCONF_ALL(dev_net(dev), SEND_REDIRECTS) = false;
}
- if (dev_v6)
- dev_v6->cnf.addr_gen_mode = IN6_ADDR_GEN_MODE_NONE;
mutex_lock(&wg->device_update_lock);
ret = wg_socket_init(wg, wg->incoming_port);
@@ -288,7 +285,7 @@ static void wg_setup(struct net_device *dev)
dev->needed_tailroom = noise_encrypted_len(MESSAGE_PADDING_MULTIPLE);
dev->type = ARPHRD_NONE;
dev->flags = IFF_POINTOPOINT | IFF_NOARP;
- dev->priv_flags |= IFF_NO_QUEUE;
+ dev->priv_flags |= IFF_NO_QUEUE | IFF_NO_ADDRCONF;
dev->lltx = true;
dev->features |= WG_NETDEV_FEATURES;
dev->hw_features |= WG_NETDEV_FEATURES;
--
2.52.0