netdev - Re: patch 4.8 "net: handle no dst on skb in icmp6

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Date:   Mon, 9 Jan 2017 07:53:49 +0000
From:   Bronek Kozicki <brok@...mcop.net>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, dsa@...ulusnetworks.com,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: patch 4.8 "net: handle no dst on skb in icmp6_send"

On 08/01/2017 22:50, David Miller wrote:
> From: Bronek Kozicki <brok@...mcop.net>
> Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2017 21:46:18 +0000
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> any particular reason why this fix
>> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=79dc7e3f1cd323be4c81aa1a94faa1b3ed987fb2
>> was missed from stable 4.8 line? Apparently the bug being fixed has
>> its own https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9919
>>
>> Thank you for your hard work and best regards
>
> You should always check the networking -stable queue before asking
> such questions:
>
> 	http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/bundle/davem/stable/?submitter=&state=*&q=&archive=
>
> Every patch sitting there is queued up and will be submitted to -stable
> at some time in the next week or two, or whenever I get around to vetting
> and submitting -stable changes.
>
> The patch you are asking about it in fact in there, and will be attended
> to at an appropriate time.


Thank you David for prompt reply. I guess perhaps you are not aware that 
patches to stable line 4.8 might not be accepted after Sun Jan 8th 
(yesterday), and it will be considered EOL by version 4.8.17 ?

Best regards


B.