linux-kernel - Re: [ 22/42] sched/debug: Fix sd->*_idx limit range avoiding overflow

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Message-ID: <1368152071.17344.5.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk>
Date:	Fri, 10 May 2013 03:14:31 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>,
	Libin <huawei.libin@...wei.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	jiang.liu@...wei.com, guohanjun@...wei.com,
	Jonghwan Choi <jhbird.choi@...sung.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [ 22/42] sched/debug: Fix sd->*_idx limit range avoiding
 overflow

On Tue, 2013-04-23 at 14:52 -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 3.8-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> 
> ------------------
> 
> From: libin <huawei.libin@...wei.com>
> 
> commit fd9b86d37a600488dbd80fe60cca46b822bff1cd upstream.
> 
> Commit 201c373e8e ("sched/debug: Limit sd->*_idx range on
> sysctl") was an incomplete bug fix.
[...]

It seems like both these commits ought to be applied to earlier stable
branches.  Or was the lack of range checking a regression after 3.4?

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism. - Harrison

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