Re: [stable] [PATCH 0/2] HID: hidraw, fix two NULL pointerdereferences

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Oct 05 2010 - 13:45:45 EST


On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 05:20:15PM +0200, Antonio Ospite wrote:
> Hi,
>
> here are some fixes to hidraw.
>
> Patches are against 2.6.36-rc6, but they should be ported to other
> maintained stable kernels as well.
>
> Antonio Ospite (2):
> HID: hidraw, fix a NULL pointer dereference in hidraw_ioctl
> HID: hidraw, fix a NULL pointer dereference in hidraw_write
>
> drivers/hid/hidraw.c | 11 +++++++++++
> 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
>
> The first one has been sent already but I am resending it with
> stable@stable@kernel.org in the recipients list.

Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt which shows you how to
properly notify the stable developer to pick up the patch (hint, cc:ing
them on the patch is not the correct way, you need to add the mark to
the signed-off-by: area.)

thanks,

greg k-h
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