This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 3.14.73 release. There are 29 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response to this one. If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please let me know. Responses should be made by Fri Jun 24 22:35:07 UTC 2016. Anything received after that time might be too late. The whole patch series can be found in one patch at: kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/stable-review/patch-3.14.73-rc1.gz or in the git tree and branch at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-3.14.y and the diffstat can be found below. thanks, greg k-h ------------- Pseudo-Shortlog of commits: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Linux 3.14.73-rc1 Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> netfilter: x_tables: don't reject valid target size on some architectures Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> netfilter: x_tables: validate all offsets and sizes in a rule Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> netfilter: x_tables: check for bogus target offset Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> netfilter: x_tables: check standard target size too Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> netfilter: x_tables: add compat version of xt_check_entry_offsets Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> netfilter: x_tables: assert minimum target size Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> netfilter: x_tables: kill check_entry helper Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> netfilter: x_tables: add and use xt_check_entry_offsets Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> netfilter: x_tables: validate targets of jumps Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> netfilter: x_tables: don't move to non-existent next rule Willy Tarreau <w@xxxxxx> pipe: limit the per-user amount of pages allocated in pipes Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> xfs: fix up backport error in fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> netfilter: x_tables: fix unconditional helper Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> netfilter: x_tables: make sure e->next_offset covers remaining blob size Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> netfilter: x_tables: validate e->target_offset early Russell Currey <ruscur@xxxxxxxxxx> powerpc/pseries/eeh: Handle RTAS delay requests in configure_bridge Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> MIPS: Fix 64k page support for 32 bit kernels. Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> fix d_walk()/non-delayed __d_free() race Prasun Maiti <prasunmaiti87@xxxxxxxxx> wext: Fix 32 bit iwpriv compatibility issue with 64 bit Kernel Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx> ecryptfs: forbid opening files without mmap handler Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx> parisc: Fix pagefault crash in unaligned __get_user() call Thomas Huth <thuth@xxxxxxxxxx> powerpc: Use privileged SPR number for MMCR2 Thomas Huth <thuth@xxxxxxxxxx> powerpc: Fix definition of SIAR and SDAR registers Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx> crypto: ccp - Fix AES XTS error for request sizes above 4096 Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ARM: fix PTRACE_SETVFPREGS on SMP systems Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> KVM: x86: fix OOPS after invalid KVM_SET_DEBUGREGS Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@xxxxxxxxxx> tcp: record TLP and ER timer stats in v6 stats Edward Cree <ecree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> sfc: on MC reset, clear PIO buffer linkage in TXQs Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> netlink: Fix dump skb leak/double free ------------- Diffstat: Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt | 23 ++++ Makefile | 4 +- arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c | 2 +- arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h | 2 +- arch/parisc/kernel/unaligned.c | 10 +- arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h | 6 +- arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_pseries.c | 51 ++++++--- arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 5 + drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-crypto-aes-xts.c | 17 ++- drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c | 16 +++ fs/dcache.c | 4 +- fs/ecryptfs/kthread.c | 13 ++- fs/pipe.c | 47 +++++++- fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c | 2 +- include/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h | 7 ++ include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h | 4 + include/linux/sched.h | 1 + kernel/sysctl.c | 14 +++ net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c | 87 ++++++++------- net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c | 90 ++++++++------- net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c | 90 ++++++++------- net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c | 4 +- net/netfilter/x_tables.c | 158 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 7 +- net/wireless/wext-core.c | 25 ++++- 25 files changed, 528 insertions(+), 161 deletions(-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html