On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 6:26 PM Holger Hoffstätte
<holger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 2024-06-04 17:44, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 04, 2024 at 04:56:24PM +0200, Holger Hoffstätte wrote:
> >>
> >> Just ${Subject} since it's a fix for a potential security footgun/DOS, whereever
> >> commit 378979e94e95 ("tcp: remove 64 KByte limit for initial tp->rcv_wnd value")
> >> has been queued up.
> >
> > Only applies to 6.9.y, have backports for older kernels?
>
> No, sorry - I'm just the messenger here and moved everything to 6.9 already.
> Cc'ing Jakub and Eric.
>
> My understanding is that the previous commit was a performance enhancement,
> so if this turns out to be too difficult then maybe 378979e94e95 ("tcp: remove
> 64 KByte limit for initial tp->rcv_wnd value") should just not be merged either.
> I have both patches on 6.9 but really cannot say whether they should go to
> older releases.
>
Sorry I am missing the prior emails, 378979e94e95 does not seem
security related to me,
only one small TCP change.
What is the problem ?
