From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Dongliang Mu <mudongliangabcd@gmail.com>
Cc: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux kernel 4.19 and below misses the patch - "fbmem: add margin check to fb_check_caps()"
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2021 08:20:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YS8bvAc4XbaxSssu@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAD-N9QUhebBrJ1fZG-i09PSKjC9Vat3Ym5VHoOrXGAO_tKQdpQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 02:47:22PM +0800, Dongliang Mu wrote:
> Hi stable maintainers,
>
> It seems that Linux kernel 4.19 and below miss the patch - "fbmem: add
> margin check to fb_check_caps()" [1]. Linux kernel 5.4 and up is
> already merged this patch[2].
>
> Are there any special issues about this patch? Why do maintainers miss
> such a patch?
Because it does not apply to those older kernels. If you feel it should
be included there, can you please provide a working backport of the
patch so that we can apply it?
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-01 6:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-08-31 6:47 Linux kernel 4.19 and below misses the patch - "fbmem: add margin check to fb_check_caps()" Dongliang Mu
2021-09-01 6:20 ` Greg KH [this message]
2021-09-02 1:32 ` Dongliang Mu
2021-09-02 5:28 ` Greg KH
2021-09-02 6:07 ` Dongliang Mu
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