The bug can crash the kernel, which can be reproduced by the test program in the changelog. The fix can be applied to kernels >= 2.6.38 && <= 3.4. commit 9c5da09d266ca9b32eb16cf940f8161d949c2fe5 Author: Salman Qazi <sqazi@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu Jun 14 15:31:09 2012 -0700 perf: Use css_tryget() to avoid propping up css refcount -- 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