Re: [PATCH] ipc/mqueue.c: change __do_notify() to bypass check_kill_permission()

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Mon Mar 23 2020 - 22:12:18 EST


On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 11:47:12 -0500 ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Eric W. Biederman) wrote:

> I really just want to be certain that things are fixed well enough that
> we don't risk a regressing again the next time someone touches the code.

That would be nice ;)

But as Oleg indicated, please let's have something minimal for -stable
backporting friendliness. A more comprehensive change can then be
merged following the regular processes.