linux-kernel - Re: [Uclinux-dist-devel] [PATCH] mtd: Blackfin NFC: fix invalid free in remove()

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:10:47 +0300
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
To:	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org
Subject: Re: [Uclinux-dist-devel] [PATCH] mtd: Blackfin NFC: fix invalid
 free in remove()

On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 09:32 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 08:59, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> > On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 15:58 +0300, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> >> On Sat, 2010-08-28 at 16:42 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> >> > Since info->mtd isn't dynamically allocated, we shouldn't attempt to
> >> > kfree() it.  Otherwise we get random fun corruption when unloading
> >> > the driver built as a module.
> >> >
> >> > Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
> >> > ---
> >> > note: this should be merged for 2.6.36 and probably sent to stable trees
> >>
> >> You send the same patch 2 times once with this note and the other time
> >> without this note. Which one should be ignored?
> >
> > I guess it is 2.6.36 material. Also, if you want this in -stable, add
> > corresponding CC please.
> 
> once it gets merged, then i can notify the stable guys

AFAIK, this is not the way they prefer to work. The right protocol is
that you add 'Cc: stable@...nel.org' to the commit message, ane they
pick the patch. I might be mistaken, but AFAIK this is the way.

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Битюцкий Артём)

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/