Re: [PATCH 4.4 29/57] RDMA/uverbs: Check port number supplied by user verbs cmds

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 05:30:45PM +0000, Marciniszyn, Mike wrote:
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.4 29/57] RDMA/uverbs: Check port number supplied
> > by user verbs cmds
> > 
> > On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 03:54:28PM +0000, Ismail, Mustafa wrote:
> > > > Subject: [PATCH 4.4 29/57] RDMA/uverbs: Check port number supplied
> > by
> > > > user verbs cmds
> > > >
> > > > 4.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me
> > know.
> > >
> > > Yes, this breaks modify qp.
> > > See https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9830663/
> > 
> > I don't understand this response at all, sorry.
> > 
> > What should I do about this?  Is this patch alone a problem?  Is there
> > some other patch I should apply that is in Linus's tree?  Where is the
> > problem, only in this old release?
> > 
> > totally confused,
> > 
> 
> This patch utterly breaks qib and hfi1 on at least 4.10.11 stable kernel.
> 
> I suspect and will soon verify that v4.13-rc1 is broke as well.

it should be broken, see the patches submitted already to fix it :)