From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
Nathan Huckleberry <nhuck@google.com>,
llvm@lists.linux.dev, Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>,
Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
ndesaulniers@google.com, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.9 09/10] staging: octeon: Fix return type of cvm_oct_xmit and cvm_oct_xmit_pow
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 07:53:38 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y0en4uFXvSikVcES@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20221013002802.1896096-9-sashal@kernel.org>
On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 08:27:56PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> From: Nathan Huckleberry <nhuck@google.com>
>
> [ Upstream commit b77599043f00fce9253d0f22522c5d5b521555ce ]
>
> The ndo_start_xmit field in net_device_ops is expected to be of type
> netdev_tx_t (*ndo_start_xmit)(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev).
>
> The mismatched return type breaks forward edge kCFI since the underlying
> function definition does not match the function hook definition.
kCFI showed up in 6.1, so this is not needed in any stable branches,
please drop it from all.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-10-13 5:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-10-13 0:27 [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.9 01/10] media: cx88: Fix a null-ptr-deref bug in buffer_prepare() Sasha Levin
2022-10-13 0:27 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.9 02/10] scsi: 3w-9xxx: Avoid disabling device if failing to enable it Sasha Levin
2022-10-13 0:27 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.9 03/10] hid: topre: Add driver fixing report descriptor Sasha Levin
2022-10-17 12:48 ` Pavel Machek
2022-10-13 0:27 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.9 04/10] HID: roccat: Fix use-after-free in roccat_read() Sasha Levin
2022-10-13 0:27 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.9 05/10] HSI: ssi_protocol: fix potential resource leak in ssip_pn_open() Sasha Levin
2022-10-13 0:27 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.9 06/10] usb: host: xhci: Fix potential memory leak in xhci_alloc_stream_info() Sasha Levin
2022-10-13 0:27 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.9 07/10] usb: musb: Fix musb_gadget.c rxstate overflow bug Sasha Levin
2022-10-13 0:27 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.9 08/10] Revert "usb: storage: Add quirk for Samsung Fit flash" Sasha Levin
2022-10-17 12:46 ` Pavel Machek
2022-10-17 14:57 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2022-10-13 0:27 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.9 09/10] staging: octeon: Fix return type of cvm_oct_xmit and cvm_oct_xmit_pow Sasha Levin
2022-10-13 5:53 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2022-10-13 0:27 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.9 10/10] usb: idmouse: fix an uninit-value in idmouse_open Sasha Levin
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