linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3.2 08/67] af_unix: fix struct pid memory leak

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Date:	Thu, 25 Feb 2016 08:26:14 +0100
From:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Cc:	Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@...ileactivedefense.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.2 08/67] af_unix: fix struct pid memory leak

On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 09:24:39PM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
(...)
> Yes, it looks like the bug was really introduced way back in 2.5.65 by
> "[NET]: Simplify scm handling and sendmsg/recvmsg invocation,
> consolidate net compat syscalls."
> 
> So I think this is also needed for 2.6.32.

Thanks for letting me know, Ben!

Willy