Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] writeback: fix use-after-free in finish_writeback_work()" failed to apply to 5.3-stable tree

On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 1:18 AM gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:

The patch below does not apply to the 5.3-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to stable@vger.kernel.org.

Hmm. It looks to me like 5.3 doesn't have the use-after-free problem, and that it was introduced by 5b9cce4c7eb0696558 ("writeback: Generalize and expose wb_completion")

So I think the "Fixes" tag is right, and the "Cc: stable" is wrong.

Linus