linux-kernel - Re: "bug description: kernel warn in p9_trans_create

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Message-ID: <20241202043606.GO3387508@ZenIV>
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2024 04:36:06 +0000
From: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To: cheung wall <zzqq0103.hey@...il.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: "bug description: kernel warn in p9_trans_create_unix" in Linux
 Kernel Version 2.6.26

On Mon, Dec 02, 2024 at 12:30:37PM +0800, cheung wall wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am writing to report a potential vulnerability identified in the
> Linux Kernel version 2.6.26.
> This issue was discovered using our custom vulnerability discovery
> tool.

You are doing a massive disservice to your project; the version in
question is 16 years old.  Please, use something reasonably recent
(ideally - current mainline) for testing aforementioned tool.