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Message-Id: <20190927.181438.1266274829431178042.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 27 Sep 2019 18:14:38 +0200 (CEST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     paul@...l-moore.com
Cc:     Markus.Elfring@....de, navid.emamdoost@...il.com,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        emamd001@....edu, kjlu@....edu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, smccaman@....edu
Subject: Re: genetlink: prevent memory leak in netlbl_unlabel_defconf

From: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 10:48:54 -0400

> From what I've seen the "Fixes" tag is typically used by people who
> are backporting patches, e.g. the -stable folks, to help decide what
> they need to backport.

Fixes: tags say what commit introduced the code being fixed, whether
it manifests in a real problem or not.

It has nothing directly to do with -stable and exists in it's own right
whether a change gets backported to -stable or not.

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