Re: CVE-2016-5696: linux kernel - challange ack information leak.

[Greg KH <greg () kroah com>]

On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 11:54:56AM +0000, Sona Sarmadi wrote:
> > > > You can _always_ just apply the patch to your local tree, there's
> > > > never a need to wait for me to get a kernel out.  That's the
> > > > advantage of having the source for your systems :)
> > > Yes, we can do that but sometimes the patches for newer kernels don't
> > > apply cleanly on older versions.
> > > There is always a risk that our home grown patches have undesired side
> > > effects. We prefer your sign of approval on patches for older kernels
> > > :)
> >
> > Heh, fair enough.  This fix is now in the kernels that were released today
> > (4.7.1, 4.6.7, 4.4.18, and 3.14.76), hope that helps.
> >
> > greg k-h
>
> Thanks a lot Greg, yes this helps :) I could apply  patch from linux-3.14.y branch 
> to linux-3.12.y as well (the code looks similar). 

Note, I got the patch a bit wrong, it's not as fast as it could be,
here's an update to put on top of the one you took from 3.14.y:
        
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git/commit/?id=e09bea58ec0552dbbf71fb22bf7a46da9a288fc8

thanks,

greg k-h