linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.14 0/2] Backport readdir sanity checking patches

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Date:   Wed, 1 Jan 2020 18:00:58 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Siddharth Chandrasekaran <csiddharth@...are.com>
Cc:     torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, sashal@...nel.org, jannh@...gle.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        siddharth@...edjournal.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.14 0/2] Backport readdir sanity checking patches

On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 01:06:25AM +0530, Siddharth Chandrasekaran wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> This patchset is a backport of upstream commits that makes getdents() and
> getdents64() do sanity checking on the pathname that it gives to user
> space.
> 
> Sid
> 
> Linus Torvalds (2):
>   Make filldir[64]() verify the directory entry filename is valid
>   filldir[64]: remove WARN_ON_ONCE() for bad directory entries
> 
>  fs/readdir.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 40 insertions(+)

All applied to all branches, thanks.

greg k-h