From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: xen-netback stable backports request (regression fixes) Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 21:55:32 -0700 Message-ID: <20130605045532.GA10475@kroah.com> References: <1369734465.3469.52.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" , xen-devel , netdev@vger.kernel.org, Wei Liu To: Ian Campbell Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1369734465.3469.52.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com> Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 10:47:45AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote: > Hi Dave, stable folks, > > The following set of patches fix a xen netback regression caused by the > fixes for CVE-2013-0216 / CVE-2013-0217 / XSA-39 (the original change > was several patches starting at 48856286b64e), we'd like to see them > backported to stable branches if possible. I think the fixups have now > been in Linus tree since around the start of May. > > Wei and I are happy to help with backports if necessary. Some of the > patches are cleanups which make backports easier but if you would prefer > we could produce backports without them. > > 27f85228 xen-netback: remove skb in xen_netbk_alloc_page I've applied this one. > 2810e5b9 xen-netback: coalesce slots in TX path and fix regressions This patch does not apply cleanly to 3.9-stable. So I can't apply anything else. Can you please provide backports? > 03393fd5 xen-netback: don't disconnect frontend when seeing oversize packet > ac69c26e xen-netback: remove redundent parameter in netbk_count_requests > 59ccb4eb xen-netback: avoid allocating variable size array on stack > 37641494 xen-netback: better names for thresholds Why are these last two patches needed for a stable tree? > In addition there are some useful related (but not security relevant) > fixes to netfront: > > e2d617c0 xen-netfront: remove unused variable `extra' > 7158ff6d xen-netfront: frags -> slots in xennet_get_responses > 697089dc xen-netfront: frags -> slots in log message > 9ecd1a75 xen-netfront: reduce gso_max_size to account for max TCP header Why are they needed for stable releases? What do they fix? greg k-h