Re: [PATCH v2] binfmt_misc: Fix possible deadlock in bm_register_write

From: Lior Ribak
Date: Wed Mar 03 2021 - 11:41:41 EST


> Looks good to me.
>
> I assume this is an ancient bug and that a backport to -stable trees
> (with a cc:stable) is warranted?

Yep, it exists since the "persistent opened binary handler" commit
948b701a607f123df92ed29084413e5dd8cda2ed was introduced in version 4.8, and yes i think the patch
can be backported to the stable trees