Re: [PATCH 00/13 net-next] Allow compiling an IPv6-only kernel network stack

On Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:48:25 +0200 Fernando Fernandez Mancera wrote:

The primary goal of this patch series is to enable the compilation of an
IPv6-only kernel by decoupling the core networking infrastructure from the IPv4
protocol.

Could you useful to know for example how many of the recent CVEs were
IPv4 specific, if you have enough token budget to get such data?

High level, I don't have must to say beyond what you already know -
the code movement may be too painful for backports. There are too
many ifdefs (as Stan pointed out).

sparse also complains about patch 9.