linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ANDROID: binder: prevent transactions into own process.

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Message-ID: <20180328112921.GB26219@kroah.com>
Date:   Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:29:21 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Martijn Coenen <maco@...roid.com>
Cc:     John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>, Todd Kjos <tkjos@...gle.com>,
        Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>,
        Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@...aro.org>,
        "open list:ANDROID DRIVERS" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
        Martijn Coenen <maco@...gle.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ANDROID: binder: prevent transactions into own process.

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 11:06:54AM +0200, Martijn Coenen wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 10:19 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > Does this need to go to older kernels as well?
> 
> Yes, this should apply cleanly to 4.14 as well. It won't apply to
> pre-4.14 kernels because of the fine-grained locking changes, but the
> same issue exists there and I suspect it would cause the same crash.
> Do you want me to send a separate patch for pre-4.14?

I can mark it for stable, and then when you get the "this did not apply
to this tree" email, you can send a backported patch to me so I know to
take that one then.

thanks,

greg k-h