netdev - Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] net: tap: NULL pointer derefence in dev_parse_header

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Date:   Tue, 2 Aug 2022 21:42:58 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Cezar Bulinaru <cbulinaru@...il.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, willemb@...gle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] net: tap: NULL pointer derefence in
 dev_parse_header_protocol when skb->dev is null

On Wed,  3 Aug 2022 00:28:45 -0400 Cezar Bulinaru wrote:
> Fixes a NULL pointer derefence bug triggered from tap driver.
> When tap_get_user calls virtio_net_hdr_to_skb the skb->dev is null
> (in tap.c skb->dev is set after the call to virtio_net_hdr_to_skb)
> virtio_net_hdr_to_skb calls dev_parse_header_protocol which
> needs skb->dev field to be valid.

Could you repost these patches as a normal, standalone series, with 
no fancy in-reply-to? Put [PATCH net v5] as the subject prefix.
Patchwork bot is unable to follow your creativity it seems.