Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v4] bus/pci: fix VF bus error for memory access

["Wang, Haiyue" <haiyue.wang@intel.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 17:17
> To: Wang, Haiyue <haiyue.wang@intel.com>
> Cc: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>; Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>; dev <dev@dpdk.org>; Burakov,
> Anatoly <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>; dpdk stable <stable@dpdk.org>; Harman Kalra <hkalra@marvell.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] bus/pci: fix VF bus error for memory access
> 
> On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 8:34 PM Wang, Haiyue <haiyue.wang@intel.com> wrote:
> > > > I can see that some distros have already started backporting the fix
> > > > in kernel (fc31, fc32 and rhel7 at least for what I saw).
> > > > 18.11 and 19.11 will need this fix at some point.
> > > > I'll let you decide on the proper timing.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > It looks an important fix. I think it's worth having in 18.11.9. I will
> > > apply and create an 18.11.9-rc2 tomorrow, so if anyone hasn't started
> > > validation already, they can validate with it in.
> >
> > Alex post a fix in kernel just now. So looks like the DPDK patch is nice
> > to have, not a MUST. ;-)
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/159310421505.27590.16617666489295503039.stgit@gimli.home/T/#u
> 
> Yes, this has been discussed offlist and Alex proposed an adjustment
> on the CVE fix.
> But we still have to live with the situation where people will have
> only the first part of the fix.
> I am still for backporting this change to stable branches.
> 

Got it, thanks for sharing.

> 
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> David Marchand