* KVM: Fix stack-out-of-bounds read in write_mmio @ 2018-01-16 22:45 Your Real Name 2018-01-17 5:06 ` Greg KH 0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread From: Your Real Name @ 2018-01-16 22:45 UTC (permalink / raw) To: stable; +Cc: linux-kernel Commit: e39d200fa5bf5b94a0948db0dae44c1b73b84a56 Target Stable Tree Branch: 4.9.y Why this patch is needed: Due to a request to handle CVE-2017-17741, we would need to backport this patch to our kernel. The patch is already in mainline:https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e39d200fa5bf5b94a0948db0dae44c1b73b84a56 Could you please include this patch in 4.9.y stable tree branch? --AH ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
* Re: KVM: Fix stack-out-of-bounds read in write_mmio 2018-01-16 22:45 KVM: Fix stack-out-of-bounds read in write_mmio Your Real Name @ 2018-01-17 5:06 ` Greg KH 0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread From: Greg KH @ 2018-01-17 5:06 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Your Real Name; +Cc: stable, linux-kernel On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 10:45:50PM +0000, Your Real Name wrote: Odd "real name" :( > Commit: e39d200fa5bf5b94a0948db0dae44c1b73b84a56 > Target Stable Tree Branch: 4.9.y Why only this specific branch? Why not all stable branches? You do not want to move from 4.9.y to 4.14.y and have a regression, right? What about 4.4.y? > Why this patch is needed: Due to a request to handle CVE-2017-17741, we would need to backport this patch to our kernel. The patch is already in mainline:https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e39d200fa5bf5b94a0948db0dae44c1b73b84a56 What is "our kernel"? > Could you please include this patch in 4.9.y stable tree branch? Have you looked at the recent 4.9-rc release already and tested it out to see if it works properly for you for this issue? thanks, greg k-h ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
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