linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Driver core fixes for 5.7-rc7

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Sat, 23 May 2020 16:05:05 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Driver core fixes for 5.7-rc7

On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 03:17:59PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> The following changes since commit 2ef96a5bb12be62ef75b5828c0aab838ebb29cb8:
> 
>   Linux 5.7-rc5 (2020-05-10 15:16:58 -0700)
> 
> are available in the Git repository at:
> 
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core.git tags/driver-core-5.7-rc7
> 
> for you to fetch changes up to 4ef12f7198023c09ad6d25b652bd8748c965c7fa:
> 
>   kobject: Make sure the parent does not get released before its children (2020-05-21 11:01:27 +0200)
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Driver core / kobject fixes for 5.7-rc7
> 
> Here are 3 small driver core and kobject fixes for 5.7-rc7
> 
> The kobject fix resolves a bug that the should not normally ever be hit,
> but the kunit tests were hitting pretty regularly.  It's been reviewed
> and tested by a bunch of people and stared at by me for a long time, so
> it should be good.

Nope, it isn't, Guenter reports runtime failures with this patch
applied.

So please don't pull this just yet...

thanks,

greg k-h