From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, T_DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC8EEC28CC3 for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2019 07:52:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C63E224B4E for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2019 07:52:39 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1559634759; bh=t4hh0ZYbPXADhoKnK97lXTl1L9/uoS+jkawQ1M+S5+8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=Lwsld/TGe9l+kqJPrFB6U96i6PXksQdBf6qPBOdfPntALR1g/eBLxGHa1EfDStkp7 xREuZ5oILYiHcG1QoY3aXo6hqAVcqs3PCZzHrlfDEAel5BIN+xjYZ/0f3InLm7Eazr P5NRGI2LNK+wlWFkP6RM4xpvN0I0gQX9aYRlgyzQ= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726711AbfFDHwi (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Jun 2019 03:52:38 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:49930 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726821AbfFDHwi (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Jun 2019 03:52:38 -0400 Received: from localhost (83-86-89-107.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 39F38248E7; Tue, 4 Jun 2019 07:52:37 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1559634757; bh=t4hh0ZYbPXADhoKnK97lXTl1L9/uoS+jkawQ1M+S5+8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=aIOqHSiVTsxTwEiJDQC2VlrGeSDLkPR5TjHiU4hpGWbmizikkJ4MzhSJGKcosQJ51 IBmLLiB4EYxOD1ahvK3ZFpvGEjJ746USsIw0IFi5Gjgx4JdSl4yU6q2lOT4Z473NZf Fkqk7tOJsvtMxiq9re0GUDnyvBFkSCIBmj1pTUGA= Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2019 09:52:35 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Zubin Mithra Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, groeck@chromium.org, blackgod016574@gmail.com, davem@davemloft.net, kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru, yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org Subject: Re: 95baa60a0da8 ("ipv6_sockglue: Fix a missing-check bug in ip6_ra_control()") Message-ID: <20190604075235.GD6840@kroah.com> References: <20190603173114.GA126543@google.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190603173114.GA126543@google.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.12.0 (2019-05-25) Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jun 03, 2019 at 10:31:15AM -0700, Zubin Mithra wrote: > Hello, > > CVE-2019-12378 was fixed in the upstream linux kernel with the following commit. > * 95baa60a0da8 ("ipv6_sockglue: Fix a missing-check bug in ip6_ra_control()") A CVE was created for that tiny thing? Hah, no, I think I'll refuse to apply it just for the very point of it. That's something that can not be triggered by normal operations, right? It's a bugfix-for-the-theoritical from what I can see... > Could the patch be applied to v4.19.y, v4.14.y, v4.9.y and v4.4.y? Why are you ignoring 5.1? thanks, greg k-h