linux-kernel - Request to cherry-pick 20401d1058f3f841f35a594ac2fc1293710e55b9 to v5.10 and v5.4

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Date:   Fri,  2 Sep 2022 13:59:11 +0000
From:   Varsha Teratipally <teratipally@...gle.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@...e.de>,
        Rafael Aquini <aquini@...hat.com>,
        Alexander Mikhalitsyn <alexander.mikhalitsyn@...tuozzo.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Request to cherry-pick 20401d1058f3f841f35a594ac2fc1293710e55b9 to
 v5.10 and v5.4

Hi all,

Commit 20401d1058f3f841f35a594ac2fc1293710e55b9("ipc: replace costly
bailout check in sysvipc_find_ipc()" fixes a high cve and optimizes the
costly loop by adding a checkpoint, which I think might be a good
candidate for the stable branches

Let me know what you think