This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled i40iw: Protect req_resource_num update to the 4.7-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: i40iw-protect-req_resource_num-update.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.7 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 44856be3e95c87f03e850ef4fdf8c0503c2dde18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mustafa Ismail <mustafa.ismail@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 18:15:58 -0500 Subject: i40iw: Protect req_resource_num update From: Mustafa Ismail <mustafa.ismail@xxxxxxxxx> commit 44856be3e95c87f03e850ef4fdf8c0503c2dde18 upstream. In i40iw_alloc_resource(), ensure that the update to req_resource_num is protected by the lock. Fixes: 8e06af711bf2 ("i40iw: add main, hdr, status") Reported-by: Stefan Assmann <sassmann@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mustafa Ismail <mustafa.ismail@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Shiraz Saleem <shiraz.saleem@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Doug Ledford <dledford@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw.h +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw.h @@ -435,8 +435,8 @@ static inline int i40iw_alloc_resource(s *next = resource_num + 1; if (*next == max_resources) *next = 0; - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&iwdev->resource_lock, flags); *req_resource_num = resource_num; + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&iwdev->resource_lock, flags); return 0; } Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from mustafa.ismail@xxxxxxxxx are queue-4.7/i40iw-update-hw_iwarp_state.patch queue-4.7/i40iw-add-missing-check-for-interface-already-open.patch queue-4.7/i40iw-fix-double-free-of-allocated_buffer.patch queue-4.7/i40iw-receive-notification-events-correctly.patch queue-4.7/i40iw-change-mem_resources-pointer-to-a-u8.patch queue-4.7/i40iw-protect-req_resource_num-update.patch queue-4.7/i40iw-add-missing-null-check-for-mpa-private-data.patch queue-4.7/i40iw-avoid-writing-to-freed-memory.patch queue-4.7/i40iw-do-not-set-self-referencing-pointer-to-null-after-kfree.patch -- 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