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Date:   Tue, 16 Apr 2019 10:57:01 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Fuqian Huang <huangfq.daxian@...il.com>
Cc:     stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Subbu Seetharaman <subbu.seetharaman@...adcom.com>,
        Ketan Mukadam <ketan.mukadam@...adcom.com>,
        Jitendra Bhivare <jitendra.bhivare@...adcom.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.14] scsi:be2iscsi: Fix a kernel address leakage in
 be_main.c

On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 03:06:34PM +0800, Fuqian Huang wrote:
> Outputting kernel addresses will reveal the locations of kernel code
> and data. And there is no need to print the address of a global object 
> beiscsi_iscsi_transport in beiscsi_module_init.
> This case is similar to CVE-2018-7273[1].
> Just remove the print statement.
> 
> [1] https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7273
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fuqian Huang <huangfq.daxian@...il.com>

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This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read:
    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.

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