Re: [PATCH 0/1] software node: Use-after-free fix in drivers/base/swnode.c

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>]

On Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at 12:59:56PM -0600, Mike Isely wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Feb 2026, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 01:19:21PM -0600, mike.isely@cobaltdigital.com wrote:

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> > > This was detected in kernel 6.12, verified also in kernel 6.6.  Visual
> > > inspection in 6.19.3 source (the latest as of right now) shows the
> > 
> > The latest is v7.0-rc1 as of time of the topic message.
> 
> I actually meant the latest release.  Guess I should have checked the 
> latest release candidate on the off-chance that it might have been 
> addressed.

It is probably not, but the idea to check against latest tag in the vanilla
repository. v6.19.3 is not even vanilla, it's stable kernel.

> > > same issue.  The nearly trivial fix was verified in 6.12.  While this
> > > patches against 6.19.3, IMHO this is a candidate for all LTS kernels.
> > 
> > Thanks for the contribution, usually for a single patch there is no need
> > in cover letter. The comment block can handle this (the place after cutter
> > '---' line in the message with a patch).
> 
> Yeah, a separate cover letter is overkill, but I was just following a 
> process here.

What process? I think we have that somewhere in the documentation that cover
letter for a single patch is not needed...

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko