ACK: [SRU][F/J][PATCH 0/1] CVE-2024-42252

Magali Lemes magali.lemes at canonical.com
Tue Dec 10 18:41:55 UTC 2024


On 25/11/2024 09:49, Massimiliano Pellizzer wrote:
> [Impact]
> 
> closures: Change BUG_ON() to WARN_ON()
> 
> If a BUG_ON() can be hit in the wild, it shouldn't be a BUG_ON().
> 
> [Fix]
> 
> Oracular: Not affected
> Noble:    Fixed
> Jammy:    Backportred from mainline
> Focal:    Applied jammy patch
> Bionic:   Sent to ESM ML
> Xenial:   Sent to ESM ML
> 
> [Test Case]
> 
> Compile and boot tested.
> 
> [Where problems could occur]
> 
> The fix affects the closure subsystem in the Linux kernel. An issue with
> this fix may lead to improper handling of closure state transitions,
> causing kernel panics during asynchronous task management. Users may
> expereince failures in subsystems relying on the closure mechanism.
> 
> Kent Overstreet (1):
>    closures: Change BUG_ON() to WARN_ON()
> 
>   drivers/md/bcache/closure.c | 11 +++++++++--
>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 

Acked-by: Magali Lemes <magali.lemes at canonical.com>



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