11 Jan
2022
11 Jan
'22
5:52 p.m.
On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 10:37:13AM -0500, Amy Fong wrote:
The following series backports netfilter: nf_tables: autoload modules from abort path which fixes the bug mentioned in the following:
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=437bf61d165c87bd40fb
Also, why is this bug special? Can it be triggered by userspace? What is the fallout from it? Who is hitting this in real systems and why must just this one syzbot problem be backported, but others not?
In other words, we need a lot more information here to judge if this is really needed, and if the backport is acceptable.
thanks,
greg k-h