6 Aug
2025
6 Aug
'25
6:02 p.m.
On Wed, 6 Aug 2025 at 19:20, Jimmy Tran jtoantran@google.com wrote:
This is v2 of my series to backport the critical security fix, identified as CVE-2020-12965 ("Transient Execution of Non-Canonical Accesses"), to the 6.6.y stable kernel tree. [...] I am ready to implement the second proposed solution if the maintainers wish to move forward in that direction, understanding the testing implications. Please let me know your preference.
I do think this bigger - but more straightforward - backport is likely the simplest and safest thing, and it looks fine to me.
Linus