linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 0/4] ext4: Fix overflows in ext4 code

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Message-ID: <51DC1AC5.8010809@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 09 Jul 2013 09:14:29 -0500
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
CC:	Ted Tso <tytso@....edu>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] ext4: Fix overflows in ext4 code

On 5/29/13 7:05 AM, Jan Kara wrote:
>   Hello,
> 
>   while working on my patchset, I stumbled over an overflow bug which
> made me do a quick audit of shifts in ext4 code. I've found a couple of
> places which use << and which can overflow (usually on 32-bit
> architecture only but at least SEEK_HOLE / SEEK_DATA bugs are real even
> for 64-bit architectures). Patches in this series fix the issues I've
> found. Likely this is also stable material so Ted, you might want to add
> stable@...r.kernel.org to CC when merging the patches.
> 
> 								Honza

I don't think these did get cc'd to stable.  Was there a reason for that,
or was it an oversight?

-Eric
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