netdev - Re: [PATCH net 0/3] mptcp: fix races on accept()

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Date:   Tue, 21 Apr 2020 10:38:28 +0200
From:   Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, mathew.j.martineau@...ux.intel.com,
        matthieu.baerts@...sares.net, kuba@...nel.org, cpaasch@...le.com,
        fw@...len.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/3] mptcp: fix races on accept()

On Mon, 2020-04-20 at 13:02 -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
> Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 16:25:03 +0200
> 
> > This series includes some fixes for accept() races which may cause inconsistent
> > MPTCP socket status and oops. Please see the individual patches for the
> > technical details.
> 
> Series applied, thanks.
> 
> It seems like patch #3 might be relevant for v5.6 -stable, what's the
> story here?

Yes, it addresses a race condition present since cc7972ea1932 ("mptcp:
parse and emit MP_CAPABLE option according to v1 spec"). I see now that
the changelog is probably a bit too vague, I'm sorry.

Cheers,

Paolo