Pull request #4733: protocol: add ESP to valid next headers in IPv6

Merge in SNORT/snort3 from ~JAIMEACA/snort3:protocols_add_esp_to_valid_next_header_ipv6 to master

Squashed commit of the following:

commit 13e35df9fe6281202db320b1e98662d1da705638
Author: Jaime Andres Castillo Leon -X (jaimeaca - SOFTSERVE INC at Cisco) <jaimeaca@cisco.com>
Date:   Thu May 8 15:24:32 2025 -0400

    protocol: add ESP to valid next headers in IPv6

diff --git a/src/protocols/ipv6.h b/src/protocols/ipv6.h
index 9548d067e4586ae7defb491548087d569a2fa325..7c348447d4f703e77cee12625379633ab9e38a32 100644 (file)
--- a/src/protocols/ipv6.h
+++ b/src/protocols/ipv6.h
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ struct IP6Hdr
         case IpProtocol::MPLS_IP:
         case IpProtocol::GRE:
         case IpProtocol::MOBILITY_IPV6:
+        case IpProtocol::ESP:
             return true;
         default:
             break;