linux-kernel - Re: Patch "ipc/mqueue.c: change __do_notify() to bypass check_kill_permission()" has been added to the 4.14-stable tree

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Date:   Wed, 13 May 2020 08:42:57 +0200
From:   Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     oleg@...hat.com, stable-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Patch "ipc/mqueue.c: change __do_notify() to bypass
 check_kill_permission()" has been added to the 4.14-stable tree

On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 08:51:16PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
> 
>     ipc/mqueue.c: change __do_notify() to bypass check_kill_permission()
> 
> to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at:
>     http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
> 
> The filename of the patch is:
>      ipc-mqueue.c-change-__do_notify-to-bypass-check_kill.patch
> and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory.
> 
> If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
> please let <stable@...r.kernel.org> know about it.

Nope, this breaks the build for 4.14, so I've dropped it.

greg k-h