1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/sbin/dhclient/packet.c b/sbin/dhclient/packet.c
index 484953ca2d98..2e90cc85a8de 100644
--- a/sbin/dhclient/packet.c
+++ b/sbin/dhclient/packet.c
@@ -135,6 +135,17 @@ assemble_udp_ip_header(unsigned char *buf, int *bufix, u_int32_t from,
 	ip.ip_dst.s_addr = to;
 
 	ip.ip_sum = wrapsum(checksum((unsigned char *)&ip, sizeof(ip), 0));
+
+	/*
+	 * While the BPF -- used for broadcasts -- expects a "true" IP header
+	 * with all the bytes in network byte order, the raw socket interface
+	 * which is used for unicasts expects the ip_len field to be in host
+	 * byte order.  In both cases, the checksum has to be correct, so this
+	 * is as good a place as any to turn the bytes around again.
+	 */
+	if (to != INADDR_BROADCAST)
+		ip.ip_len = ntohs(ip.ip_len);
+
 	memcpy(&buf[*bufix], &ip, sizeof(ip));
 	*bufix += sizeof(ip);