This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 3.14.76 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 Tue Aug 16 20:07:18 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-3.14.76-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 3.14.76-rc1 Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxxx> ext4: fix reference counting bug on block allocation error Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> tcp: make challenge acks less predictable Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@xxxxxxxxxx> tcp: consider recv buf for the initial window scale Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxxx> net/irda: fix NULL pointer dereference on memory allocation failure Beniamino Galvani <bgalvani@xxxxxxxxxx> bonding: set carrier off for devices created through netlink Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxxx> ext4: short-cut orphan cleanup on error Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxxx> ext4: don't call ext4_should_journal_data() on the journal inode Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> ext4: fix deadlock during page writeback Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxxx> ext4: check for extents that wrap around Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> crypto: scatterwalk - Fix test in scatterwalk_done Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> crypto: gcm - Filter out async ghash if necessary Wei Fang <fangwei1@xxxxxxxxxx> fuse: fix wrong assignment of ->flags in fuse_send_init() Fabian Frederick <fabf@xxxxxxxxx> sysv, ipc: fix security-layer leaking Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxxx> block: fix use-after-free in seq file Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> IB/security: Restrict use of the write() interface James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> scsi_lib: correctly retry failed zero length REQ_TYPE_FS commands Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> scsi: remove scsi_end_request Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> random: strengthen input validation for RNDADDTOENTCNT John Johansen <john.johansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> apparmor: fix ref count leak when profile sha1 hash is read David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> KEYS: 64-bit MIPS needs to use compat_sys_keyctl for 32-bit userspace Dave Weinstein <olorin@xxxxxxxxxx> arm: oabi compat: add missing access checks Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> USB: fix up incorrect quirk Bjørn Mork <bjorn@xxxxxxx> cdc_ncm: do not call usbnet_link_change from cdc_ncm_bind Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> x86/mm: Improve switch_mm() barrier comments Karl Heiss <kheiss@xxxxxxxxx> sctp: Prevent soft lockup when sctp_accept() is called during a timeout event Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> x86/mm: Add barriers and document switch_mm()-vs-flush synchronization Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> printk: do cond_resched() between lines while outputting to consoles Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> mm: migrate dirty page without clear_page_dirty_for_io etc Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> USB: fix invalid memory access in hub_activate() ------------- Diffstat: Makefile | 4 +- arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c | 8 +- arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S | 2 +- arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S | 2 +- arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h | 33 +++++++- arch/x86/mm/tlb.c | 25 +++++- block/genhd.c | 1 + crypto/gcm.c | 4 +- crypto/scatterwalk.c | 3 +- drivers/char/random.c | 13 +-- drivers/infiniband/core/ucm.c | 4 + drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c | 3 + drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c | 5 ++ drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_file_ops.c | 5 ++ drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_file_ops.c | 5 ++ drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c | 6 +- drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c | 20 ++--- drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c | 116 ++++++++------------------- drivers/usb/core/hub.c | 23 +++++- drivers/usb/core/quirks.c | 8 +- fs/ext4/extents.c | 8 +- fs/ext4/inode.c | 35 ++++++-- fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 17 +--- fs/ext4/super.c | 10 +++ fs/fuse/inode.c | 2 +- include/linux/console.h | 1 + include/rdma/ib.h | 16 ++++ ipc/msg.c | 2 +- ipc/sem.c | 12 +-- kernel/panic.c | 3 + kernel/printk/printk.c | 35 +++++++- mm/migrate.c | 51 +++++++----- net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 12 ++- net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 3 +- net/irda/af_irda.c | 7 +- net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c | 42 +++++----- security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c | 1 + 37 files changed, 349 insertions(+), 198 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