linux-kernel - Re: Commit missing in stable kernels: KVM: Fix stack-out-of-bounds read in write

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Date:   Wed, 10 Jan 2018 13:00:45 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Cc:     stable@...r.kernel.org, Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@...mail.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michael Jeanson <mjeanson@...icios.com>
Subject: Re: Commit missing in stable kernels: KVM: Fix stack-out-of-bounds
 read in write_mmio

On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 08:49:16PM +0000, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> commit e39d200fa "KVM: Fix stack-out-of-bounds read in write_mmio"
> is upstream in latest 4.15-rc tags, is also in long term
> 3.16.52+ and 3.2.97+ stable kernels, and in latest Fedora kernels,
> but is missing from 4.14, 4.9, 4.4, 4.1 stable branches.
> 
> I think the patch author missed the CC to stable@...r.kernel.org
> 
> It might be good to consider picking it up into the stable kernels
> to ensure long term stable and distro kernels don't diverge too much
> from more recent stable kernel branches.

Thanks, now picked up.

I wonder how it got into the 3.16 and 3.2 kernels :(

Also, always cc: stable@...r.kernel.org so that all of the stable
maintainers can see it, as I am not in charge of all of them (i.e.
4.1)

thanks,

greg k-h