Re: [PATCH 4.4 0/5] CVE fixes for stable 4.4

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On 10/26/2016 05:36 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 05:00:31PM +0200, Juerg Haefliger wrote:
>> This series fixes the following CVEs:
>>   1/5: CVE-2016-8658
>>   2/5: CVE-2016-7097
>>   4/5: CVE-2016-8666
>>
>> 3-5 is a patch series that also fixes a performance issue with GRO
>> encapsulation.
> 
> Thanks for these, I'll apply them in the next round of kernels after
> this one.
> 
> Just curious, why all of the interest in the 4.4-stable kernel tree?
> I'm not complaining, as it is really helpful...

4.4 is our current kernel in HPE Linux, until we switch to the next LTS version. I've just finally
found the time to push local patches upstream. I'd rather consume them directly from your tree :-)

...Juerg



> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
> 


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