From: Bronek Kozicki <b...@spamcop.net> Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2017 21:46:18 +0000
> Hello, > > any particular reason why this fix > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=79dc7e3f1cd323be4c81aa1a94faa1b3ed987fb2 > was missed from stable 4.8 line? Apparently the bug being fixed has > its own https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9919 > > Thank you for your hard work and best regards You should always check the networking -stable queue before asking such questions: http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/bundle/davem/stable/?submitter=&state=*&q=&archive= Every patch sitting there is queued up and will be submitted to -stable at some time in the next week or two, or whenever I get around to vetting and submitting -stable changes. The patch you are asking about it in fact in there, and will be attended to at an appropriate time. Thanks.
