netdev - Re: [PATCH] usbnet: cleanup after bind() in probe()

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Message-Id: <20160307.114125.198056880799710267.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 07 Mar 2016 11:41:25 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	oneukum@...e.com
Cc:	andreyknvl@...il.com, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, bjorn@...k.no
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usbnet: cleanup after bind() in probe()

From: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>
Date: Mon,  7 Mar 2016 11:31:10 +0100

> In case bind() works, but a later error forces bailing
> in probe() in error cases work and a timer may be scheduled.
> They must be killed. This fixes an error case related to
> the double free reported in
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg367669.html
> and needs to go on top of Linus' fix to cdc-ncm.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <ONeukum@...e.com>

Applied, thanks Oliver.

How far back does this bug exist?  I'm trying to figure out what
-stable branchs to send it to.

Thanks.