netdev - Re: [PATCH net 0/2] tcp: fix SELinux/Smack corruptions

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Message-Id: <20171203.104228.2271114416251083134.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Sun, 03 Dec 2017 10:42:28 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     edumazet@...gle.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
        dsa@...ulusnetworks.com, james.l.morris@...cle.com,
        casey@...aufler-ca.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/2] tcp: fix SELinux/Smack corruptions

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Date: Fri,  1 Dec 2017 15:08:11 -0800

> James Morris reported kernel stack corruption bug that
> we tracked back to commit 971f10eca186 ("tcp: better TCP_SKB_CB
> layout to reduce cache line misses")
> 
> First patch needs to be backported to kernels >= 3.18,
> while second patch needs to be backported to kernels >= 4.9, since
> this was the time when inet_exact_dif_match appeared.

I don't know why but patch #2 never made it into patchwork which makes
it really difficult for me to queue it up for -stable properly and
reliably.

Can you please repost this series?  Hopefully it will work.

If it doesn't work we'll ask the patchwork folks to take a look.

Thanks!