Patch "tcp: tcp_make_synack() should use sock_wmalloc" has been added to the 3.10-stable tree

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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    tcp: tcp_make_synack() should use sock_wmalloc

to the 3.10-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:
     tcp-tcp_make_synack-should-use-sock_wmalloc.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.10 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.


>From aa038fcce1e8a0940cff6251696b1384b7635951 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Phil Oester <kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 16:41:40 -0700
Subject: tcp: tcp_make_synack() should use sock_wmalloc

From: Phil Oester <kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit eb8895debe1baba41fcb62c78a16f0c63c21662a ]

In commit 90ba9b19 (tcp: tcp_make_synack() can use alloc_skb()), Eric changed
the call to sock_wmalloc in tcp_make_synack to alloc_skb.  In doing so,
the netfilter owner match lost its ability to block the SYNACK packet on
outbound listening sockets.  Revert the change, restoring the owner match
functionality.

This closes netfilter bugzilla #847.

Signed-off-by: Phil Oester <kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -2664,7 +2664,7 @@ struct sk_buff *tcp_make_synack(struct s
 	int tcp_header_size;
 	int mss;
 
-	skb = alloc_skb(MAX_TCP_HEADER + 15, sk_gfp_atomic(sk, GFP_ATOMIC));
+	skb = sock_wmalloc(sk, MAX_TCP_HEADER + 15, 1, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (unlikely(!skb)) {
 		dst_release(dst);
 		return NULL;


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxx are

queue-3.10/tcp-tcp_make_synack-should-use-sock_wmalloc.patch
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