linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] Input: fix NULL-derefs at probe

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Message-ID: <20170317105337.GD20622@localhost>
Date:   Fri, 17 Mar 2017 11:53:37 +0100
From:   Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
To:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:     Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>, Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] Input: fix NULL-derefs at probe

On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 03:37:28PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 04:45:52PM +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 04:15:18PM +0100, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> > > Am Montag, den 13.03.2017, 13:35 +0100 schrieb Johan Hovold:
> > > > This series fixes a number of NULL-pointer dereferences due to
> > > > missing endpoint sanity checks that can be triggered by a
> > > > malicious USB device.

> Applied the lot.

I noticed you dropped the Fixes tag from the patches that fix bugs which
predate git. While this is probably not much of an issue in this case, I
think it's generally a bad idea since we're loosing information this
way, and this specifically makes it harder for the stable maintainers to
figure out which tree to backport a fix to.

Thanks,
Johan