Re: 4.12 NULL pointer dereference in kmem_cache_free on USB storage removal

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On Sun, 2017-07-23 at 03:08 +0000, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On Sat, 2017-07-22 at 11:58 +0300, Yagmur Oymak wrote:
> > This problem was reported in the linux-kernel list, here:
> > https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/7/13/710, and it is said that commit
> > 8e6882545d8c ("scsi: Avoid
> > that scsi_exit_rq() triggers a use-after-free") fixes it. It indeed
> > fixes it as the problem does not exist on 4.13-rc1 (which includes the
> > commit) and on 4.12.x if the patch is applied. However, none of the 4.12
> > releases since that discussion includes the patch, so the problem is
> > still there. Can that be included in the next stable release?
> 
> (+Greg)
> 
> Hi Greg,
> 
> It seems to me like that commit has not been included in kernel v4.12.3?
> Will it be included in a later stable v4.12.x kernel?

(replying to my own e-mail)

According to this message a v4.12.x kernel that includes the aforementioned
commit will be released soon: https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg182002.html.

Bart.





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