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Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 09:13:44 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org>
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Subject: Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] firmware: Always initialize the fw_priv
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On Mon, Oct 08, 2018 at 11:43:33AM -0700, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> On Mon 08 Oct 10:43 PDT 2018, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
> 
> > 
> > The patch below does not apply to the 4.14-stable tree.
> > If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
> > tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
> > id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
> > 
> 
> Hi Greg,
> 
> If/when you pick 422b3db2a503 ("firmware: Fix security issue with
> request_firmware_into_buf()") for stable you need this patch as well.
> 
> Is there any particular way you would like me to annotate the Fixes/Cc
> tags in the future to make this clear?

No, the way it was marked was fine, I just wanted everyone to know that
both patches failed to apply.

thanks,

greg k-h