Re: [PATCH] xfs: fix out-of-bounds write from crafted btree root numrecs during log recovery

From: Jonathan Corbet

Date: Wed Oct 28 2026 - 18:45:33 EST


Dave Chinner <dgc@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Unless you know how to fix the discovered problem correctly, don't
> send what your LLM proposed for review. It will be garbage, and all
> that will do is annoy whoever has to review it. Just report the bug,
> let the subsystem developers fix it.

Just to be obnoxious...this runs counter to the advice we have in
Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst, where reporters are requested
to include a proposed fix as well. It seems we're sending a bit of a
mixed message...

jon