APPLIED[M]: [SRU][v3][F][J][L][M][PATCH 0/1] net: Avoid address overwrite in kernel_connect

[Andrea Righi]

On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 03:49:26PM -0400, Khalid Elmously wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2035163
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> An upstream fix is requested to resolve a use-case where sockaddr gets re-written which causes NFS-breakage.
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> Testing:
>  - GCP has confirmed that the fix works before proposing it upstream. I have verified basic network sanity with the fix applied. I will also ask them to confirm the fix with the kernel in -proposed.
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> 
> Regression potenial:
>  - The fix modifies kernel_connect() which can have an effect on all kinds of network connections. The change itself is very minor and only converts a pass-by-reference to a pass-by-value - so the risk is considered minimal.
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> 
> 
> v2:
>  - Added nomination for J/gke as well
> 
> v3:
>  - nominating for all generic kernels

Applied to mantic/linux with the additional commit:

 1ded5e5a5931 ("net: annotate data-races around sock->ops")

Thanks,
-Andrea