Re: af_key: Add lock to key dump

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On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 03:51:43PM -0700, Mark Salyzyn wrote:
> Subject: af_key: Add lock to key dump upstream sha
> 89e357d83c06b6fac581c3ca7f0ee3ae7e67109e
> 
> Please apply to 3.10, 3.18 (?, I see it is not under longterm support), 4.4
> and 4.9 stable trees

3.18 is under "special" support (i.e. I'm maintaining it as a favor for
some companies for now...)

> Along with the stated reason (prevent a NULL pointer access), this also
> prevents unbounded reference counter activities which can lead to a Use
> After Free situation.
> 
> FYI: The back-port to 3.10.y has a minor conflict resolved by dropping one
> of the patch fragments. 4.4 and 4.9 were clear.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, now queued up for 3.18, 4.4, and 4.9.

But really, it should go back farther than 3.10, 3.2 should get it as
well...

thanks,

greg k-h



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