Re: [PATCH v3] lan743x: fix for potential NULL pointer dereference with bare card

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Fri Nov 27 2020 - 11:39:43 EST


On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 11:39:41 +0300 Sergej Bauer wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 8:41 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2 Nov 2020 01:35:55 +0300 Sergej Bauer wrote:
> > > > This is the 3rd revision of the patch fix for potential null pointer
> > > > dereference with lan743x card.
> > >
> > > Applied, thanks!
> >
> > I noticed that this went into net-next. Is there a chance that it could also
> > be added to net? It's a real issue on 5.9, and the patch applies cleanly
> > there.
>
> It's my mistake - I missed pointing of stable branch.


> Should I resend the patch (with tag Cc:stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)?

Fixes tag would have been best. But it's too late
now, let's wait for the merge window and then we can back port it.