Re: [PATCH net 0/7] mptcp: fixes for 6.3

From: Paolo Abeni
Date: Tue Feb 28 2023 - 06:34:14 EST


On Tue, 2023-02-28 at 12:28 +0100, Matthieu Baerts wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On 27/02/2023 18:29, Matthieu Baerts wrote:
> > Patch 1 fixes a possible deadlock in subflow_error_report() reported by
> > lockdep. The report was in fact a false positive but the modification
> > makes sense and silences lockdep to allow syzkaller to find real issues.
> > The regression has been introduced in v5.12.
> >
> > Patch 2 is a refactoring needed to be able to fix the two next issues.
> > It improves the situation and can be backported up to v6.0.
> >
> > Patches 3 and 4 fix UaF reported by KASAN. It fixes issues potentially
> > visible since v5.7 and v5.19 but only reproducible until recently
> > (v6.0). These two patches depend on patch 2/7.
> >
> > Patch 5 fixes the order of the printed values: expected vs seen values.
> > The regression has been introduced recently: present in Linus' tree but
> > not in a tagged version yet.
> >
> > Patch 6 adds missing ro_after_init flags. A previous patch added them
> > for other functions but these two have been missed. This previous patch
> > has been backported to stable versions (up to v5.12) so probably better
> > to do the same here.
> >
> > Patch 7 fixes tcp_set_state() being called twice in a row since v5.10.
>
> I'm sorry to ask for that but is it possible not to apply these patches?

Done, thanks!

Paolo