From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:47714 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726500AbeLNHPN (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Dec 2018 02:15:13 -0500 Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 08:15:10 +0100 From: Greg KH To: Ben Hutchings Cc: stefanha@redhat.com, jasowang@redhat.com, mst@redhat.com, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] vhost/vsock: fix use-after-free in network stack callers" failed to apply to 4.4-stable tree Message-ID: <20181214071510.GD31355@kroah.com> References: <1544443920131118@kroah.com> <1544466505.2867.214.camel@codethink.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1544466505.2867.214.camel@codethink.co.uk> Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 06:28:25PM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Mon, 2018-12-10 at 13:12 +0100, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote: > > The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree. > > If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm > > tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit > > id to . > > The vhost/vsock code was introduced in 4.8 so this fix is not needed > for 4.4. > > I notice that this also failed to apply to 4.9. If you pick commit > 6c083c2b8a0a "vsock: lookup and setup guest_cid inside > vhost_vsock_lock" first then this should apply cleanly (with 1 line > fuzz for one hunk). I got this applied to 4.9.145 now, thanks! greg k-h