2018-10-31 18:49:27

by Larry Finger

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Subject: Fix for memory leak in the wireless extensions layer

Greg,

Is the fix for a memory leak in the wext compat layer queued for stable? It is
in kernel:HEAD as commit 848e616e66d4592fe9afc40743d3504deb7632b4 ("cfg80211:
fix wext-compat memory leak")

I just receiv3ed a complaint about a leak for a system that is running Ubuntu's
kernel 4.19.

Unfortunately, this commit has a "fixes" line, but not a Cc for Stable.

Larry



2018-11-29 12:50:56

by Greg Kroah-Hartman

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Subject: Re: Fix for memory leak in the wireless extensions layer

On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 01:49:21PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> Greg,
>
> Is the fix for a memory leak in the wext compat layer queued for stable? It
> is in kernel:HEAD as commit 848e616e66d4592fe9afc40743d3504deb7632b4
> ("cfg80211: fix wext-compat memory leak")
>
> I just receiv3ed a complaint about a leak for a system that is running
> Ubuntu's kernel 4.19.

That would be very odd as commit
848e616e66d4592fe9afc40743d3504deb7632b4 is in 4.19, it was in 4.19-rc7.

> Unfortunately, this commit has a "fixes" line, but not a Cc for Stable.

It could have gone into the 4.18-stable tree, but that is now
end-of-life, sorry.

greg k-h

2018-11-29 15:18:28

by Larry Finger

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Subject: Re: Fix for memory leak in the wireless extensions layer

On 11/29/18 6:50 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 01:49:21PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
>> Greg,
>>
>> Is the fix for a memory leak in the wext compat layer queued for stable? It
>> is in kernel:HEAD as commit 848e616e66d4592fe9afc40743d3504deb7632b4
>> ("cfg80211: fix wext-compat memory leak")
>>
>> I just receiv3ed a complaint about a leak for a system that is running
>> Ubuntu's kernel 4.19.
>
> That would be very odd as commit
> 848e616e66d4592fe9afc40743d3504deb7632b4 is in 4.19, it was in 4.19-rc7.
>
>> Unfortunately, this commit has a "fixes" line, but not a Cc for Stable.
>
> It could have gone into the 4.18-stable tree, but that is now
> end-of-life, sorry.

Too bad, but thanks for the reply.

Larry