On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 08:12:29AM +0000, Schmid, Carsten wrote: > Hi Greg, > > in kernel 4.14 i have seen a NULL pointer deref in > [65064.613465] RIP: 0010:ip_route_output_key_hash_rcu+0x755/0x850 > (i have a core dump and detailed analysis) > > That looks like this patch could have prevented it: > > https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable-commits/msg133055.html > > this one was queued for 4.14, but i can't find it in git tree? > Any idea who/what buried this one? > > In 4.19 it is present. > > Because our customer uses 4.14 (going to 4.14.212 in a few days) i kindly > want to ask why this patch hasn't entered 4.14.
Because it breaks the build? Try it yourself and see what happens :) I will gladly take a working backport if you can submit it. thanks, greg k-h