Re: [PATCH v2] crypto: AF_ALG - consolidation of duplicate code

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On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 10:16:48AM +0200, Stephan Mueller wrote:
>
> As now the AIO code path is updated, the bug that I was reporting last 
> September allowing to crash the kernel via AF_ALG is fixed.
> 
> As the patch is very invasive, I am not sure that patch set should be sent to 
> stable. How do you propose we fix the crash bug in older kernels that are due 
> to memory management problems in the AIO code path?

Is it possible to create a minimal fix for the stable kernels?

Thanks,
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