netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/dccp: validate Reset/Close/CloseReq in DCCP

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Message-ID: <20250825174356.54d8ff11@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 17:43:56 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Yizhou Zhao <zhaoyz24@...ls.tsinghua.edu.cn>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/dccp: validate Reset/Close/CloseReq in
 DCCP_REQUESTING

On Sun, 24 Aug 2025 16:36:53 +0800 Yizhou Zhao wrote:
> This fix should apply to Linux 5.x and 6.x, including stable versions.
> Note that DCCP was removed in Linux 6.16, so this patch is only relevant
> for older versions. We tested it on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Linux 6.8) and
> it worked as expected.

You need to make it clearer that this submissions is for stable *only*.
As you say this code doesn't exist upstream any more.
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