linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.4 00/13] 4.4.37-stable review

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Date:   Wed, 7 Dec 2016 08:35:00 +0100
From:   Philip Müller <philm@...jaro.org>
To:     "Linux-Kernel@...r. Kernel. Org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.4 00/13] 4.4.37-stable review

Hi Greg,

I'd recommend also to queue 84ac726[1] (packet: fix race condition in
packet_set_ring) from Philip Pettersson into 4.4 and 4.8 series, as some
news pages[2] already post about this local security, which was
introduced in 2011 to all kernels.

greez, Phil

[1]
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=84ac7260236a49c79eede91617700174c2c19b0c
[2]
http://phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-Kernel-CVE-2016-8655