Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751770AbcDUGoF (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Apr 2016 02:44:05 -0400 Received: from mail-wm0-f42.google.com ([74.125.82.42]:35232 "EHLO mail-wm0-f42.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751609AbcDUGoD (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Apr 2016 02:44:03 -0400 Subject: Re: stable-security kernel updates To: Sasha Levin , LKML , stable References: <5717DD8A.4000707@oracle.com> Cc: lwn@lwn.net From: Jiri Slaby Message-ID: <571876AB.2060106@suse.cz> Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2016 08:43:55 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.7.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5717DD8A.4000707@oracle.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="qdSRjkGkB0D3RcKOgh92NNo1xwdK8rATa" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2402 Lines: 66 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --qdSRjkGkB0D3RcKOgh92NNo1xwdK8rATa Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Bgt6a9PfKtTrDdFaf8WN0t5fDrmj9VAba" From: Jiri Slaby To: Sasha Levin , LKML , stable Cc: lwn@lwn.net Message-ID: <571876AB.2060106@suse.cz> Subject: Re: stable-security kernel updates References: <5717DD8A.4000707@oracle.com> In-Reply-To: <5717DD8A.4000707@oracle.com> --Bgt6a9PfKtTrDdFaf8WN0t5fDrmj9VAba Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 04/20/2016, 09:50 PM, Sasha Levin wrote: > Updates for stable-security kernels have been released: >=20 > - v3.12.58-security I suggest nobody uses that kernel. That tree does not make much sense to me. For example, what's the purpose of "kernel: Provide READ_ONCE and ASSIGN_ONCE" (commit 230fa253df6352af12ad0a16128760b5cb3f92df upstream) without actually using the added macros (this commit was only a prerequisite)? Ok, not that bad, it is only unused code, but why are *not* these in the security tree? ipr: Fix out-of-bounds null overwrite Input: powermate - fix oops with malicious USB descriptors rapidio/rionet: fix deadlock on SMP thanks, --=20 js suse labs --Bgt6a9PfKtTrDdFaf8WN0t5fDrmj9VAba-- --qdSRjkGkB0D3RcKOgh92NNo1xwdK8rATa Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJXGHavAAoJEL0lsQQGtHBJFlEP/23/+l+9tnlzSGpvzwamdtdW bdP7+eBJYbr6b+FxpLEpMbriGyOazKc/ZevNpae4lrjtK6raepuz3mUYM4ajDwx2 +0iPnelP8wbEr0dGeFllCcURIXgN6whKlzvsm3j7NVGq4E0I+A2HfjYuTjsxKzp7 YpD2BaJGHRqsbopLwH7OXRyeJ9hQuXRtaB2iounTu5pn1TQFWzOdsH9lhtLNhMwc 5iPKxajITB/mayDaf3Ln2xvxTlcQ4VYJIzkTm9sDqqmQSaDOSwayhCw4upzyp0KQ 1X9gsDU9UQ/nQYl2PYQtxP/NnI/4Fyuggo9vW8Mo/188bXjdQBXQR4gg5E95nbzC pHs5/pLhv7HOqx+SqxYJU14NiRDcjB+X/UziiF6s6XZ5+FMsK3hMexV3BAWbz17w 8EbMenFnqfXS9yUnbIseLIA0MRU0c3MemLzeC0zGiIjG6k9G/nIWirroOcfdcoi7 SFqNIKgVkQtHxoBzD+AmjMhVmIPnd0rvH4a8bKlpd92c4Rn0TnZheXoUgOcJ2IYE nxp4GMvK+aI+bRJ8c1WeO+SfgA+gLHnhciE7UbUAw/2yhyVH4fB+TB6HChltNrce ykf70hKQcHjdoHZsgCVhufHH/v6ghsTHndyvrD3VxaIjt0WmIZUzEHaKlFuPet6M XEyy/SXnsjheLv6TIjaX =rTqC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qdSRjkGkB0D3RcKOgh92NNo1xwdK8rATa--