From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.26]:34507 "EHLO out2-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S937990AbdAEUfn (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jan 2017 15:35:43 -0500 Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 21:35:41 +0100 From: Greg KH To: bmajal222 Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ppp_generic.c crash. linux 4.4.y Message-ID: <20170105203541.GA8133@kroah.com> References: <4a5dbb73-81d8-6d00-5359-8269c00458d8@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4a5dbb73-81d8-6d00-5359-8269c00458d8@gmail.com> Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 09:09:54AM +0530, bmajal222 wrote: > Dear Sir, > > I am having lots of trouble PPP crashing in the kernel. > I am using ubuntu 16.04 based on linux kernel 4.4.y. > > The BUG is already fixed in 4.8.y branch and 3.12.y branch. > I have included the link here for your reference. > > Please import this bug-fix patch in to 4.4.y branch. > > BUG: > ppp: defer netns reference release for ppp channel > > http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/commit/?h=linux-3.12.y&id=e550951c8b8b1acb30e31c22ac3404648c9aa213 > > http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/commit/?h=linux-4.8.y&id=205e1e255c479f3fd77446415706463b282f94e4 Now queued up for 4.4-stable, thanks. greg k-h