The patch titled
Subject: ipc-merge-ipc_rcu-and-kern_ipc_perm-fix
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
ipc-merge-ipc_rcu-and-kern_ipc_perm-fix.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/ipc-merge-ipc_rcu-and-kern_ipc_perm-fix.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/ipc-merge-ipc_rcu-and-kern_ipc_perm-fix.patch
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From: Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: ipc-merge-ipc_rcu-and-kern_ipc_perm-fix
V2: Really include the memset() into ipc_alloc_rcu().
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/564f8612-0601-b267-514f-a9f650ec9b32@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
ipc/util.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff -puN ipc/util.c~ipc-merge-ipc_rcu-and-kern_ipc_perm-fix ipc/util.c
--- a/ipc/util.c~ipc-merge-ipc_rcu-and-kern_ipc_perm-fix
+++ a/ipc/util.c
@@ -432,6 +432,8 @@ struct kern_ipc_perm *ipc_rcu_alloc(int
struct kern_ipc_perm *out = ipc_alloc(size);
if (unlikely(!out))
return NULL;
+
+ memset(out, 0, size);
atomic_set(&out->refcount, 1);
return out;
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
ipc-semc-remove-sem_base-embed-struct-sem.patch
ipc-semc-remove-sem_base-embed-struct-sem-v3.patch
ipc-merge-ipc_rcu-and-kern_ipc_perm.patch
ipc-merge-ipc_rcu-and-kern_ipc_perm-fix.patch
include-linux-semh-correctly-document-sem_ctime.patch
ipc-semc-avoid-ipc_rcu_putref-for-failed-ipc_addid.patch
ipc-shmc-avoid-ipc_rcu_putref-for-failed-ipc_addid.patch
ipc-msgc-avoid-ipc_rcu_putref-for-failed-ipc_addid.patch
ipc-utilh-update-documentation-for-ipc_getref-and-ipc_putref.patch
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