Patch "printk: fix buffer overflow potential for print_text()" has been added to the 5.10-stable tree

DISCUSSION John Ogness 2 participants 2 messages Jan 24, 2021 – Jan 25, 2021 1 message not in the archive Stable branch

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John Ogness

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2021-01-24 20:34 UTC #1 lore raw

Hi Greg,

Quoted 3 lines · On 2021-01-24, <[email protected]> wrote:

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
printk: fix buffer overflow potential for print_text()

We just learned that this patch introduces a new problem. I have just posted a patch to fix the new problem:

https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]

You may want to hold off on applying the first fix until the second fix has been accepted. Then you can apply both.

John Ogness

Greg KH

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2021-01-25 15:32 UTC #2 lore raw

Quoted 7 lines · John Ogness

Hi Greg,
Quoted 3 lines · On 2021-01-24, <[email protected]> wrote:
This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
printk: fix buffer overflow potential for print_text()

Quoted 7 lines

We just learned that this patch introduces a new problem. I have just posted a patch to fix the new problem:
https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
You may want to hold off on applying the first fix until the second fix has been accepted. Then you can apply both.

Thanks, now queued up. Can you let [email protected] know when this one has been merged by Linus so we know to take both?

thanks,

greg k-h