Re: CVE request: Linux kernel mbcache lock contention denial of service.

[Andreas Stieger <astieger () suse com>]

On 09/05/2016 03:57 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 03:28:51PM +1000, Wade Mealing wrote:
> > [...]
> > Upstream has replaced the mbcache code with an updated version which
> > was not a patch but a clear-cut reimplementation of the code, no
> > single diff
> > [...]
> >  ±  git tag --contains be0726d33cb8f411945884664924bed3cb8c70ee
> > v4.6
> That commit is for only the ext2 filesystem, how would it fix an issue
> in ext4?


commit f9a61eb4e2471c56a63cd804c7474128138c38ac
mbcache2: reimplement mbcache

commit 82939d7999dfc1f1998c4b1c12e2f19edbdff272
ext4: convert to mbcache2

commit be0726d33cb8f411945884664924bed3cb8c70ee
ext2: convert to mbcache2

Andreas

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