netdev - Re: Please apply 3f1e53abff84c (" netfilter: ebtables: don't attempt to allocate 0-sized compat array") to v4.14.y and later

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Date:   Wed, 9 May 2018 15:46:47 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:     stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        "dvyukov@...gle.com" <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Please apply 3f1e53abff84c (" netfilter: ebtables: don't attempt
 to allocate 0-sized compat array") to v4.14.y and later

On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 06:26:29AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> Commit 3f1e53abff84c fixes commit 7d7d7e02111e9 ("("netfilter: compat: reject huge
> allocation requests"), which has found its way into 4.14.y and 4.16.y.
> This causes syzcaller hiccups at least in 4.14.y (more specifically chromeos-4.14).
> 
> Please apply 3f1e53abff84c to v4.14.y and v4.16.y to fix the problem. Copying Dave
> and netdev in case he wants to handle it.
> 
> Sorry for the noise if this has already been queued.

I queued it up 2 hours ago :)

But thanks for asking, it's better to make sure it gets added.

thanks,

greg k-h