Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 09:33:20 GMT From: Jean-Jacques Sarton <jj.sarton@web.de> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/177705: wrong IPv6 link local address reported by getifaddrs() Message-ID: <201304080933.r389XK36042637@red.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201304080940.r389e01r040319@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 177705 >Category: misc >Synopsis: wrong IPv6 link local address reported by getifaddrs() >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Apr 08 09:40:00 UTC 2013 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jean-Jacques Sarton >Release: PC-BSD 9.1 ( based on freeBSD 9.1) >Organization: - >Environment: 0.1 RELEASE >Description: If getifaddrs() is called we will see for example the following addresses: fe80:0001:0000:0000:0a00:27ff:fe69:3ee5 0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001 fe80:0003:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001 The first and last addresses are wrong, the 4. byte don't contain 0 as expected. The value 1 or 3 correspond to the scope id as reported by ifconfig >How-To-Repeat: use a little program using getifaddrs and print out the IPv6 addresses. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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