4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Commit e6bd18f57aad ("IB/security: Restrict use of the write() interface") fixed a security problem with various write() implementations in the Infiniband subsystem. In older kernel versions the ipath_write() function has the same problem and needs the same restriction. (The ipath driver has been completely removed upstream.) Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/rdma/ipath/ipath_file_ops.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/staging/rdma/ipath/ipath_file_ops.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rdma/ipath/ipath_file_ops.c @@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ #include <linux/uio.h> #include <asm/pgtable.h> +#include <rdma/ib.h> + #include "ipath_kernel.h" #include "ipath_common.h" #include "ipath_user_sdma.h" @@ -2243,6 +2245,9 @@ static ssize_t ipath_write(struct file * ssize_t ret = 0; void *dest; + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!ib_safe_file_access(fp))) + return -EACCES; + if (count < sizeof(cmd.type)) { ret = -EINVAL; goto bail; -- 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