https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/2/23/812 "pipe: Fix buffer offset after partially failed read" is missing from the stable 3.4.y and 3.10.y kernels. It has been included in 3.2.y and 3.14.y. I am able to cause a kernel panic without this patch. Regards, Jeff Vander Stoep -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html