From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>,
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>,
AVKrasnov@sberdevices.ru, edumazet@google.com,
eperezma@redhat.com, jasowang@redhat.com, kuba@kernel.org,
leonardi@redhat.com, sgarzare@redhat.com, stefanha@redhat.com,
virtualization@lists.linux.dev, xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com,
stable-commits@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Patch "vsock/virtio: fix potential unbounded skb queue" has been added to the 6.6-stable tree
Date: Sun, 17 May 2026 09:33:06 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260516170159.vsock-virtio-unbounded-drop@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260515114521-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org>
> > What's the status of that fix?
>
> Stefano posted v3 and is working on v4.
>
> > Should it be reverted elsewhere?
>
> Donnu. With the change we have no DoS but the socket gets silently
> broken. Eric felt given the brokenness is upstream already it's better
> to work on a fix on top, not revert.
Dropped from the 6.6, 6.12, 6.18, and 7.0 queues. We'll pick up Stefano's
follow-up once it lands upstream.
Thanks.
--
Thanks,
Sasha
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-17 13:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-15 15:21 Patch "vsock/virtio: fix potential unbounded skb queue" has been added to the 6.6-stable tree gregkh
2026-05-15 15:36 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-05-15 15:41 ` Greg KH
2026-05-15 15:47 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-05-17 13:33 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2026-05-21 13:15 ` Stefano Garzarella
2026-06-16 4:47 ` Greg KH
2026-06-16 7:52 ` Stefano Garzarella
2026-06-16 7:59 ` Greg KH
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