+ hfs-fix-fix-hfs_readdir.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     Subject: hfs: fix fix hfs_readdir()
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     hfs-fix-fix-hfs_readdir.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/hfs-fix-fix-hfs_readdir.patch
and later at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/hfs-fix-fix-hfs_readdir.patch

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From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: hfs: fix fix hfs_readdir()

I was looking through static analysis warnings and there is a bug here
that goes all the way back to the start of git.  Basically we're copying
the pointer and nearby garbage instead of the data the fd.key pointer is
pointing to.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170118111320.GA23725@mwanda
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Vyacheslav Dubeyko <slava@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 fs/hfs/dir.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN fs/hfs/dir.c~hfs-fix-fix-hfs_readdir fs/hfs/dir.c
--- a/fs/hfs/dir.c~hfs-fix-fix-hfs_readdir
+++ a/fs/hfs/dir.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static int hfs_readdir(struct file *file
 	 * Can be done after the list insertion; exclusion with
 	 * hfs_delete_cat() is provided by directory lock.
 	 */
-	memcpy(&rd->key, &fd.key, sizeof(struct hfs_cat_key));
+	memcpy(&rd->key, &fd.key->cat, sizeof(struct hfs_cat_key));
 out:
 	hfs_find_exit(&fd);
 	return err;
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx are

userfaultfd-hugetlbfs-fix-__mcopy_atomic_hugetlb-retry-error-processing-fix.patch
hfs-fix-fix-hfs_readdir.patch

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