Re: [PATCH] fs/aio: fix uaf in sys_io_cancel

[Bart Van Assche]

On 3/4/24 09:47, Benjamin LaHaise wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 04, 2024 at 09:40:35AM -0800, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> > On 3/4/24 09:31, Benjamin LaHaise wrote:
> > > A revert is justified when a series of patches is buggy and had
> > > insufficient review prior to merging.
> >
> > That's not how Linux kernel development works. If a bug can get fixed
> > easily, a fix is preferred instead of reverting + reapplying a patch.
>
> Your original "fix" is not right, and it wasn't properly tested.  Commit
> 54cbc058d86beca3515c994039b5c0f0a34f53dd needs to be reverted.

As I explained before, the above reply is not sufficiently detailed to
motivate a revert.

Bart.