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 16BA8C282CE for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2019 08:04:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB2B22403C for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2019 08:04:10 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1559635451; bh=SeR+gV+e1exkJtvrSwhAozjx6rGURxLKZ6LXcyg4Y1M=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=v+txE6z/QCkcUIqtSEt1jGeXfWHtm9MIR0zxuL6UGd3gpt7nUGBEDvNYlOunB+6C3 +AUh6aBBqFXoTXlfBuJesislNVdGDdsCRnFMoW3lBvnKG6pNItMubGdk8f9qhR1agm S6wYGrc/u2zobGars2Em0lftcT2IFAoChqJwOBMI= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726967AbfFDIEJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Jun 2019 04:04:09 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:40030 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726925AbfFDIEJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Jun 2019 04:04:09 -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 53F9A24005; Tue, 4 Jun 2019 08:04:08 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1559635448; bh=SeR+gV+e1exkJtvrSwhAozjx6rGURxLKZ6LXcyg4Y1M=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=xhuYTeAzUOa9my6nuUo+n2yEcVIOzNwbVLnW4sbFnfs15mfTAbaMkCFq/G4+cpX+4 4G9VbI861AeXj7TNQjAcOcf5SBEelsv/NOzkwYk+LFhKiWx4No5XmcA4TH0m6ysXNH Ut34IEJdk50dJhIbC+TvZGLp8I6NtmAqSFUnWNjw= Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2019 10:04:05 +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: <20190604080405.GA3779@kroah.com> References: <20190603173114.GA126543@google.com> <20190604075235.GD6840@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190604075235.GD6840@kroah.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 Tue, Jun 04, 2019 at 09:52:35AM +0200, Greg KH wrote: > 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? Also, stable networking patches need to come from the networking maintainer, as the documentation states, so I shouldn't be applying this directly anyway. If Dave thinks it is worth to backport, I'll gladly apply it from his submissions, so you need to convince him, not me. thanks, greg k-h