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Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:19:49 -0700
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Jay Fenlason <fenlason@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org,
        stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] prevent CVE-2012-2372 rds-ping causes kernel panic
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On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 02:12:54PM -0400, Jay Fenlason wrote:
> If you use rds-ping of the local IP address of some Infiniband HCAs
> (QLogic, possibly others) the machine will panic with a BUG_ON due to
> an overly restrictive check.  Loosen the restriction a bit
> 
> This should have gotten sent a while ago (it was first noticed in
>  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803936
> and patched in kernel-2.6.32-275.el6) but I got confused about its
> embargo status and lost it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jay Fenlason <fenlason@redhat.com>
> 
> diff --git a/net/rds/ib_send.c b/net/rds/ib_send.c

<formletter>

This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
for how to do this properly.

</formletter>
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