From: Greg KH <gregkh-hQyY1W1yCW8ekmWlsbkhG0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
To: Jay Fenlason <fenlason-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
stable-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] prevent CVE-2012-2372 rds-ping causes kernel panic
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:19:49 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121022181949.GA10077@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121022181253.GA13736-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 02:12:54PM -0400, Jay Fenlason wrote:
> If you use rds-ping of the local IP address of some Infiniband HCAs
> (QLogic, possibly others) the machine will panic with a BUG_ON due to
> an overly restrictive check. Loosen the restriction a bit
>
> This should have gotten sent a while ago (it was first noticed in
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803936
> and patched in kernel-2.6.32-275.el6) but I got confused about its
> embargo status and lost it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jay Fenlason <fenlason-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
>
> diff --git a/net/rds/ib_send.c b/net/rds/ib_send.c
<formletter>
This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree. Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
for how to do this properly.
</formletter>
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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Jay Fenlason <fenlason@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] prevent CVE-2012-2372 rds-ping causes kernel panic
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:19:49 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121022181949.GA10077@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121022181253.GA13736@redhat.com>
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 02:12:54PM -0400, Jay Fenlason wrote:
> If you use rds-ping of the local IP address of some Infiniband HCAs
> (QLogic, possibly others) the machine will panic with a BUG_ON due to
> an overly restrictive check. Loosen the restriction a bit
>
> This should have gotten sent a while ago (it was first noticed in
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803936
> and patched in kernel-2.6.32-275.el6) but I got confused about its
> embargo status and lost it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jay Fenlason <fenlason@redhat.com>
>
> diff --git a/net/rds/ib_send.c b/net/rds/ib_send.c
<formletter>
This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree. Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
for how to do this properly.
</formletter>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-22 18:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-22 18:12 [PATCH] prevent CVE-2012-2372 rds-ping causes kernel panic Jay Fenlason
2012-10-22 18:12 ` Jay Fenlason
[not found] ` <20121022181253.GA13736-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-10-22 18:19 ` Greg KH [this message]
2012-10-22 18:19 ` Greg KH
2012-10-22 18:25 ` Bart Van Assche
2012-10-22 18:25 ` Bart Van Assche
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