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Date:   Thu, 29 Nov 2018 13:50:52 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
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Subject: Re: Fix for memory leak in the wireless extensions layer
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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