On 23.11.21 07:20, Dave Young wrote: > > > On Mon, 22 Nov 2021 at 20:33, <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > > The patch below does not apply to the 5.10-stable tree. > If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm > tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit > id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>. > > thanks, > > greg k-h > > ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ > > From c1e63117711977cc4295b2ce73de29dd17066c82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:david@xxxxxxxxxx>> > Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2021 16:43:58 -0800 > Subject: [PATCH] proc/vmcore: fix clearing user buffer by properly using > clear_user() > > > I think this is a very corner case and a good-to-have fix in stable, > but we can also leave it as is. > I would like to leave this to David. David? Would you like to rebase > or drop it? I'll have a look how easy (and different) the backports for the stable trees area. I assume they are easy, then I'll just do the backport. -- Thanks, David / dhildenb