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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: "Schmid, Carsten" <Carsten_Schmid@mentor.com>
Cc: "netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Where is this patch buried?
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2021 09:49:00 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YCD6/OByXFRyuR71@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7953a4158fd14aabbcfbad8365231961@SVR-IES-MBX-03.mgc.mentorg.com>

On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 08:12:29AM +0000, Schmid, Carsten wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> in kernel 4.14 i have seen a NULL pointer deref in
> [65064.613465] RIP: 0010:ip_route_output_key_hash_rcu+0x755/0x850
> (i have a core dump and detailed analysis)
> 
> That looks like this patch could have prevented it:
> 
> https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable-commits/msg133055.html
> 
> this one was queued for 4.14, but i can't find it in git tree?
> Any idea who/what buried this one?
> 
> In 4.19 it is present.
> 
> Because our customer uses 4.14 (going to 4.14.212 in a few days) i kindly want to ask why this patch hasn't entered 4.14.

Because it breaks the build?  Try it yourself and see what happens :)

I will gladly take a working backport if you can submit it.

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2021-02-08  8:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-08  8:12 Where is this patch buried? Schmid, Carsten
2021-02-08  8:49 ` Greg KH [this message]
2021-02-08  9:24   ` AW: " Schmid, Carsten
2021-02-08  9:48     ` Greg KH

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