On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 04:47:01PM +0000, Saleem, Shiraz wrote: > Hi, > > There was a security bug fix recently made to the Intel RDMA driver (irdma) that has made to mainline. > > https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bb6d73d9add68ad270888db327514384dfa44958 > subject: RDMA/irdma: Prevent zero-length STAG registration > commit-id: bb6d73d9add68ad270888db327514384dfa44958 > > This problem in theory is possible in i40iw as well. i40iw is replaced with irdma upstream since 5.14. > > However, i40iw is still part of LTS 4.14.x, 4.19.x, 5.4.x, and 5.10. Since it is a security fix, I am thinking its reasonable we backport it to i40iw too for these kernels. The patch would need some adjustments and I can do this if required. If you feel it is needed, yes, please do the needed backport and submit it here. thanks, greg k-h
