Changeset 51071 in vbox

Timestamp:

Apr 14, 2014 5:53:44 PM (11 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

Networking: NAT: fix network loss due to ARP cache entry override from within BOOTP code.

File:

• trunk/src/VBox/Devices/Network/slirp/bootp.c (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/src/VBox/Devices/Network/slirp/bootp.c

@@ -341 +341 @@
         FILL_BOOTP_EXT(q, RFC1533_HOSTNAME, val, slirp_hostname);
     }
-    slirp_arp_cache_update_or_add(pData, rbp->bp_yiaddr.s_addr, bc->macaddr);
+    /* Temporary fix: do not pollute ARP cache from BOOTP because it may result
+       in network loss due to cache entry override w/ invalid MAC address. */
+    //slirp_arp_cache_update_or_add(pData, rbp->bp_yiaddr.s_addr, bc->macaddr);
     return q - rbp->bp_vend; /*return offset */
 }