Re: [PATCH net-next v3 4/4] net: tcp: reset 'drop_reason' to NOT_SPCIFIED in tcp_v{4,6}_rcv()

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Thu May 19 2022 - 11:50:51 EST


On Fri, 13 May 2022 11:03:39 +0800 menglong8.dong@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Menglong Dong <imagedong@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The 'drop_reason' that passed to kfree_skb_reason() in tcp_v4_rcv()
> and tcp_v6_rcv() can be SKB_NOT_DROPPED_YET(0), as it is used as the
> return value of tcp_inbound_md5_hash().
>
> And it can panic the kernel with NULL pointer in
> net_dm_packet_report_size() if the reason is 0, as drop_reasons[0]
> is NULL.
>
> Fixes: 1330b6ef3313 ("skb: make drop reason booleanable")

This patch is in net, should this fix have been targeting net / 5.18?