On Sat, 22 Apr 2023 19:35:35 +0100, Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 10:05:38AM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote: > > On 2023-04-22 00:51, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > > > On 4/19/23 17:54, Oliver Upton wrote: > > > > Hi Paolo, > > > > > > > > Here is v2 of the last batch of fixes for 6.3 (for real this time!) > > > > > > > > Details in the tag, but the noteworthy addition is Dan's fix for a > > > > rather obvious buffer overflow when writing to a firmware register. > > > > > > At least going by the Fixes tag, I think this one should have been > > > Cc'd to stable as well. Can you send it next week or would you like > > > someone else to handle the backport? > > Thanks for spotting that, I had a mental note to do so, but my memory is > fleeting at best :) > > > Indeed, that's missing. But yes, backports are definitely on > > the cards, and we'll make sure all stable versions get fixed > > as soon as the fix hits Linus' tree. > > Between this last batch of fixes for 6.3 and the 6.4 pull we've accrued > quite a backlog of stable-worthy patches, many of them are likely to be > nontrivial backports. > > I'll do the config_lock series, and I can pick up the firmware reg fix > if nobody else is handling that backport. > > Are you going to take a stab at the vCPU flags fix? Yup, that's on my list. The backport will be easy down to 6.0, but way more creative before that, as we don't have a proper flag management infrastructure in older kernels. Cheers, M. -- Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.
