Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] Actually fix freelist pointer vs redzoning

[Andrew Morton]

On Tue,  8 Jun 2021 11:39:52 -0700 Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This fixes redzoning vs the freelist pointer (both for middle-position
> and very small caches). Both are "theoretical" fixes, in that I see no
> evidence of such small-sized caches actually be used in the kernel, but
> that's no reason to let the bugs continue to exist, especially since
> people doing local development keep tripping over it. :)

So I don't think this is suitable -stable material?

It's a bit odd that patches 2&3 were cc:stable but #1 was not.  Makes
one afraid that 2&3 might have had a dependency anyway.

So I'm thinking that the whole series can just be for 5.14-rc1, in the
sent order.