The patch titled
Subject: proc-kcore-fix-invalid-memory-access-in-multi-page-read-optimization-v3-fix
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
proc-kcore-fix-invalid-memory-access-in-multi-page-read-optimization-v3-fix.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/proc-kcore-fix-invalid-memory-access-in-multi-page-read-optimization-v3-fix.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/proc-kcore-fix-invalid-memory-access-in-multi-page-read-optimization-v3-fix.patch
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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: proc-kcore-fix-invalid-memory-access-in-multi-page-read-optimization-v3-fix
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Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Bhupesh Sharma <bhsharma@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: James Morse <james.morse@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Omar Sandoval <osandov@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/proc/kcore.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/fs/proc/kcore.c~proc-kcore-fix-invalid-memory-access-in-multi-page-read-optimization-v3-fix
+++ a/fs/proc/kcore.c
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ read_kcore(struct file *file, char __use
ret = -EFAULT;
goto out;
}
- m = NULL;
+ m = NULL; /* skip the list anchor */
} else if (m->type == KCORE_VMALLOC) {
vread(buf, (char *)start, tsz);
/* we have to zero-fill user buffer even if no read */
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
fix-crash-on-ocfs2_duplicate_clusters_by_page-v5-checkpatch-fixes.patch
proc-kcore-fix-invalid-memory-access-in-multi-page-read-optimization-v3-fix.patch
arm-arch-arm-include-asm-pageh-needs-personalityh.patch
fix-clusters-leak-in-ocfs2_defrag_extent-fix.patch
mm.patch
mmpage_alloc-pf_wq_worker-threads-must-sleep-at-should_reclaim_retry-fix.patch
mm-page_alloc-reduce-unnecessary-binary-search-in-memblock_next_valid_pfn-fix.patch
mm-page_alloc-reduce-unnecessary-binary-search-in-memblock_next_valid_pfn-fix-fix.patch
mm-memblock-introduce-memblock_search_pfn_regions-fix.patch
mm-calculate-deferred-pages-after-skipping-mirrored-memory-fix.patch
list_lru-prefetch-neighboring-list-entries-before-acquiring-lock-fix.patch
lib-bitmapc-fix-remaining-space-computation-in-bitmap_print_to_pagebuf-fix.patch
lib-bitmapc-fix-remaining-space-computation-in-bitmap_print_to_pagebuf-fix-fix.patch
kernel-forkc-export-kernel_thread-to-modules.patch
slab-leaks3-default-y.patch
