3 files changed, 27 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/arp.c b/net/ipv4/arp.c
index cda37be02f8d..2e560f0c757d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/arp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/arp.c
@@ -790,7 +790,8 @@ static int arp_process(struct sk_buff *skb)
  *      Check for bad requests for 127.x.x.x and requests for multicast
  *      addresses.  If this is one such, delete it.
  */
-        if (ipv4_is_loopback(tip) || ipv4_is_multicast(tip))
+        if (ipv4_is_multicast(tip) ||
+            (!IN_DEV_ROUTE_LOCALNET(in_dev) && ipv4_is_loopback(tip)))
                 goto out;
 
 /*
diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 10e15a144e95..44bf82e3aef7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -1500,7 +1500,8 @@ static int devinet_conf_proc(ctl_table *ctl, int write,
 
                 if (cnf == net->ipv4.devconf_dflt)
                         devinet_copy_dflt_conf(net, i);
-                if (i == IPV4_DEVCONF_ACCEPT_LOCAL - 1)
+                if (i == IPV4_DEVCONF_ACCEPT_LOCAL - 1 ||
+                    i == IPV4_DEVCONF_ROUTE_LOCALNET - 1)
                         if ((new_value == 0) && (old_value != 0))
                                 rt_cache_flush(net, 0);
         }
@@ -1617,6 +1618,8 @@ static struct devinet_sysctl_table {
                                               "force_igmp_version"),
                 DEVINET_SYSCTL_FLUSHING_ENTRY(PROMOTE_SECONDARIES,
                                               "promote_secondaries"),
+                DEVINET_SYSCTL_FLUSHING_ENTRY(ROUTE_LOCALNET,
+                                              "route_localnet"),
         },
 };
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 842510d50453..655506af47ca 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -1960,9 +1960,13 @@ static int ip_route_input_mc(struct sk_buff *skb, __be32 daddr, __be32 saddr,
                 return -EINVAL;
 
         if (ipv4_is_multicast(saddr) || ipv4_is_lbcast(saddr) ||
-            ipv4_is_loopback(saddr) || skb->protocol != htons(ETH_P_IP))
+            skb->protocol != htons(ETH_P_IP))
                 goto e_inval;
 
+        if (likely(!IN_DEV_ROUTE_LOCALNET(in_dev)))
+                if (ipv4_is_loopback(saddr))
+                        goto e_inval;
+
         if (ipv4_is_zeronet(saddr)) {
                 if (!ipv4_is_local_multicast(daddr))
                         goto e_inval;
@@ -2203,8 +2207,7 @@ static int ip_route_input_slow(struct sk_buff *skb, __be32 daddr, __be32 saddr,
            by fib_lookup.
          */
 
-        if (ipv4_is_multicast(saddr) || ipv4_is_lbcast(saddr) ||
-            ipv4_is_loopback(saddr))
+        if (ipv4_is_multicast(saddr) || ipv4_is_lbcast(saddr))
                 goto martian_source;
 
         if (ipv4_is_lbcast(daddr) || (saddr == 0 && daddr == 0))
@@ -2216,9 +2219,17 @@ static int ip_route_input_slow(struct sk_buff *skb, __be32 daddr, __be32 saddr,
         if (ipv4_is_zeronet(saddr))
                 goto martian_source;
 
-        if (ipv4_is_zeronet(daddr) || ipv4_is_loopback(daddr))
+        if (ipv4_is_zeronet(daddr))
                 goto martian_destination;
 
+        if (likely(!IN_DEV_ROUTE_LOCALNET(in_dev))) {
+                if (ipv4_is_loopback(daddr))
+                        goto martian_destination;
+
+                if (ipv4_is_loopback(saddr))
+                        goto martian_source;
+        }
+
         /*
          *      Now we are ready to route packet.
          */
@@ -2457,9 +2468,14 @@ static struct rtable *__mkroute_output(const struct fib_result *res,
         u16 type = res->type;
         struct rtable *rth;
 
-        if (ipv4_is_loopback(fl4->saddr) && !(dev_out->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK))
+        in_dev = __in_dev_get_rcu(dev_out);
+        if (!in_dev)
                 return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
+        if (likely(!IN_DEV_ROUTE_LOCALNET(in_dev)))
+                if (ipv4_is_loopback(fl4->saddr) && !(dev_out->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK))
+                        return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
         if (ipv4_is_lbcast(fl4->daddr))
                 type = RTN_BROADCAST;
         else if (ipv4_is_multicast(fl4->daddr))
@@ -2470,10 +2486,6 @@ static struct rtable *__mkroute_output(const struct fib_result *res,
         if (dev_out->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK)
                 flags |= RTCF_LOCAL;
 
-        in_dev = __in_dev_get_rcu(dev_out);
-        if (!in_dev)
-                return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-
         if (type == RTN_BROADCAST) {
                 flags |= RTCF_BROADCAST | RTCF_LOCAL;
                 fi = NULL;