Re: [PATCH 0/2] KVM: Fix out-of-bounds memslot access

[Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>]

On 08.04.20 08:40, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Two fixes for what are effectively the same bug.  The binary search used
> for memslot lookup doesn't check the resolved index and can access memory
> beyond the end of the memslot array.
> 
> I split the s390 specific change to a separate patch because it's subtly
> different, and to simplify backporting.  The KVM wide fix can be applied
> to stable trees as is, but AFAICT the s390 change would need to be paired
> with the !used_slots check from commit 774a964ef56 ("KVM: Fix out of range
> accesses to memslots").  This is why I tagged only the KVM wide patch for
> stable.

You can specify dependencies like

see

Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst

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Additionally, some patches submitted via :ref:`option_1` may have additional
patch prerequisites which can be cherry-picked. This can be specified in the
following format in the sign-off area:

.. code-block:: none

     Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.3.x: a1f84a3: sched: Check for idle
     Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.3.x: 1b9508f: sched: Rate-limit newidle
     Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.3.x: fd21073: sched: Fix affinity logic
     Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.3.x
     Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

The tag sequence has the meaning of:

.. code-block:: none

     git cherry-pick a1f84a3
     git cherry-pick 1b9508f
     git cherry-pick fd21073
     git cherry-pick <this commit>

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