On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 10:45:50PM +0000, Your Real Name wrote:

Odd "real name" :(

Commit: e39d200fa5bf5b94a0948db0dae44c1b73b84a56 Target Stable Tree Branch: 4.9.y

Why only this specific branch? Why not all stable branches? You do not want to move from 4.9.y to 4.14.y and have a regression, right?

What about 4.4.y?

Why this patch is needed: Due to a request to handle CVE-2017-17741, we would need to backport this patch to our kernel. The patch is already in mainline:https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?i...

What is "our kernel"?

Could you please include this patch in 4.9.y stable tree branch?

Have you looked at the recent 4.9-rc release already and tested it out to see if it works properly for you for this issue?

thanks,

greg k-h