From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:57008 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752285AbdAIH61 (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jan 2017 02:58:27 -0500 Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 08:58:47 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Bronek Kozicki Cc: David Miller , netdev@vger.kernel.org, dsa@cumulusnetworks.com, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: patch 4.8 "net: handle no dst on skb in icmp6_send" Message-ID: <20170109075847.GA11978@kroah.com> References: <02a7e2d2-cc1d-1c64-ac9b-7daf8a834b56@spamcop.net> <20170108.175008.1125416899482175990.davem@davemloft.net> <520a2f27-9198-f40e-3c17-06a37d497c9c@spamcop.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <520a2f27-9198-f40e-3c17-06a37d497c9c@spamcop.net> Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Jan 09, 2017 at 07:53:49AM +0000, Bronek Kozicki wrote: > On 08/01/2017 22:50, David Miller wrote: > > From: Bronek Kozicki > > Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2017 21:46:18 +0000 > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > any particular reason why this fix > > > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=79dc7e3f1cd323be4c81aa1a94faa1b3ed987fb2 > > > was missed from stable 4.8 line? Apparently the bug being fixed has > > > its own https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9919 > > > > > > Thank you for your hard work and best regards > > > > You should always check the networking -stable queue before asking > > such questions: > > > > http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/bundle/davem/stable/?submitter=&state=*&q=&archive= > > > > Every patch sitting there is queued up and will be submitted to -stable > > at some time in the next week or two, or whenever I get around to vetting > > and submitting -stable changes. > > > > The patch you are asking about it in fact in there, and will be attended > > to at an appropriate time. > > > Thank you David for prompt reply. I guess perhaps you are not aware that > patches to stable line 4.8 might not be accepted after Sun Jan 8th > (yesterday), and it will be considered EOL by version 4.8.17 ? It's ok, no one should be using 4.8 anymore now, and if this is fixed in 4.9, all is good :) thanks, greg k-h