netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 1/2] icmp: fix ICMP error source address when xfrm policy matches

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Message-ID: <20260129184510.01319683@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 18:45:10 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Antony Antony <antony.antony@...unet.com>
Cc: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>,
 <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, David
 Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni
 <pabeni@...hat.com>, Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>, Shuah Khan
 <shuah@...nel.org>, <devel@...ux-ipsec.org>, Tobias Brunner
 <tobias@...ongswan.org>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>,
 <stable+noautosel@...nel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 1/2] icmp: fix ICMP error source address
 when xfrm policy matches

On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 11:25:14 +0100 Antony Antony wrote:
> Subject: [PATCH net-next v4 1/2] icmp: fix ICMP error source address when xfrm policy matches

> Fixes: 415b3334a21a ("icmp: Fix regression in nexthop resolution during replies.")
> Cc: stable+noautosel@...nel.org # Avoid false positives in tests

I don't understand what you're trying to express with all these tags.
We are sending incorrect ICMP packets, seems like a normal net-worthy
fix to me?