Your message dated Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:31:09 +0000
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and subject line Bug#1143544: Removed package(s) from unstable
has caused the Debian Bug report #474000,
regarding dhcp3-common: dhcp should set the protocol when sending packets using
AF_PACKET
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: dhcp3-common
Version: 3.1.0-5
Severity: important
Tags: patch
dhclient (applies to dhcpd as well) doesn't initialize the spkt_protocol
member of the sockaddr used for sending packets, which makes the kernel
initialize skb->protocol to an incorrect value (0) instead of ETH_P_IP.
This field is used by traffic classifiers, rules specifying
"protocol ip" won't match and dhcp queries (in my case) are dropped.
This patch (in case reportbug gives me an opportunity to attach it,
otherwise will follow in mail) properly initializes the sockaddr,
fixing the problem.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-rc6 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
--- a/common/lpf.c 2007-05-24 01:30:32.000000000 +0200
+++ b/common/lpf.c 2008-04-02 17:25:35.000000000 +0200
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ static char copyright[] =
#include <asm/types.h>
#include <linux/filter.h>
#include <linux/if_ether.h>
+#include <linux/if_packet.h>
#include <netinet/in_systm.h>
#include "includes/netinet/ip.h"
#include "includes/netinet/udp.h"
@@ -293,7 +294,7 @@ ssize_t send_packet (interface, packet,
double hh [16];
double ih [1536 / sizeof (double)];
unsigned char *buf = (unsigned char *)ih;
- struct sockaddr sa;
+ struct sockaddr_pkt sa;
int result;
int fudge;
@@ -314,12 +315,14 @@ ssize_t send_packet (interface, packet,
/* For some reason, SOCK_PACKET sockets can't be connected,
so we have to do a sentdo every time. */
memset (&sa, 0, sizeof sa);
- sa.sa_family = AF_PACKET;
- strncpy (sa.sa_data,
- (const char *)interface -> ifp, sizeof sa.sa_data);
+ sa.spkt_family = AF_PACKET;
+ strncpy (sa.spkt_device,
+ (const char *)interface -> ifp, sizeof sa.spkt_device);
+ sa.spkt_protocol = htons(ETH_P_IP);
result = sendto (interface -> wfdesc,
- buf + fudge, ibufp + len - fudge, 0, &sa, sizeof sa);
+ buf + fudge, ibufp + len - fudge, 0,
+ (struct sockaddr *)&sa, sizeof sa);
if (result < 0)
log_error ("send_packet: %m");
return result;
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Version: 4.4.3-P1-8+rm
Dear submitter,
as the package isc-dhcp has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.
For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/1143544
The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using https://snapshot.debian.org/.
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