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Date:   Tue, 8 Jun 2021 13:53:27 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] Actually fix freelist pointer vs redzoning
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On Tue,  8 Jun 2021 11:39:52 -0700 Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> 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.