Re: [PATCH v2] misc: fastrpc: restrict user apps from sending kernel RPC messages

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Sat Feb 13 2021 - 03:27:54 EST


On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 10:26:58PM +0300, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> Verify that user applications are not using the kernel RPC message
> handle to restrict them from directly attaching to guest OS on the
> remote subsystem. This is a port of CVE-2019-2308 fix.

A port of the fix of what to what?

Is this to go only into a stable tree (if so what ones and what is the
id in Linus's tree), or is it to go into Linus's tree like normal (if so
how can this be a port)?

thanks,

greg k-h