Messages in this thread | | | From | Kalle Valo <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ath9k: release allocated buffer if timed out | Date | Fri, 22 May 2020 13:34:18 +0300 |
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Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org> writes:
> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 12:02 PM Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org> wrote: >> >> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 12:05 AM Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org> wrote: >> > Actually it's already reverted in -next, nobody just realised that it's >> > a regression from commit 728c1e2a05e4: >> > >> > ced21a4c726b ath9k: Fix use-after-free Read in htc_connect_service >> >> Nice. >> >> > v5.8-rc1 should be the first release having the fix. >> >> So I guess we have to wait until 5.8-rc1 (when this lands in mainline) >> to send this manually to stable@vger.kernel.org?
Yeah, following Option 2:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
> For the record, there are more reports of this, if I'm reading them right: > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207797
Thanks for the followup, this case is a good example why small cleanup patches are not always that simple and easy as some people claim :)
-- https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
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