From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
To: Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>
Cc: Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@gmail.com>,
Navid Emamdoost <emamd001@umn.edu>,
Stephen McCamant <smccaman@umn.edu>, Kangjie Lu <kjlu@umn.edu>,
QCA ath9k Development <ath9k-devel@qca.qualcomm.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
"\<netdev\@vger.kernel.org\>" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath9k: release allocated buffer if timed out
Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 13:34:18 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sgfs9s2d.fsf@codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+ASDXM6w-t85hZWcbTqTBA8aye0oka3Nw5YYZH2LqixO-PJzg@mail.gmail.com> (Brian Norris's message of "Wed, 20 May 2020 13:59:20 -0700")
Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org> writes:
> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 12:02 PM Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 12:05 AM Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org> wrote:
>> > Actually it's already reverted in -next, nobody just realised that it's
>> > a regression from commit 728c1e2a05e4:
>> >
>> > ced21a4c726b ath9k: Fix use-after-free Read in htc_connect_service
>>
>> Nice.
>>
>> > v5.8-rc1 should be the first release having the fix.
>>
>> So I guess we have to wait until 5.8-rc1 (when this lands in mainline)
>> to send this manually to stable@vger.kernel.org?
Yeah, following Option 2:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
> For the record, there are more reports of this, if I'm reading them right:
>
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207797
Thanks for the followup, this case is a good example why small cleanup
patches are not always that simple and easy as some people claim :)
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-22 10:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-09-06 18:59 [PATCH] ath9k: release allocated buffer if timed out Navid Emamdoost
2019-09-10 13:32 ` Kalle Valo
2020-05-12 16:56 ` Brian Norris
2020-05-13 3:24 ` Navid Emamdoost
2020-05-13 19:12 ` Brian Norris
2020-05-13 7:05 ` Kalle Valo
2020-05-13 19:02 ` Brian Norris
2020-05-20 20:59 ` Brian Norris
2020-05-22 10:34 ` Kalle Valo [this message]
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