Re: [PATCH] USB: fix oops in usb_sg_init()

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On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 10:16:33AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> This patch (as1401) fixes a bug in usb_sg_init() that can cause an
> invalid pointer dereference.  An inner loop reuses some local variables
> in an unsafe manner, so new variables are introduced.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Ajay Kumar Gupta <ajay.gupta@xxxxxx>
> 
> ---
> 
> Greg, this fix needs to get into 2.6.35.

Does it also need to go into older -stable kernels?

thanks,

greg k-h
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