This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
metag: copy_from_user() should zero the destination on access_ok() failure
to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
metag-copy_from_user-should-zero-the-destination-on-access_ok-failure.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 8ae95ed4ae5fc7c3391ed668b2014c9e2079533b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 22:08:20 -0400
Subject: metag: copy_from_user() should zero the destination on access_ok() failure
From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 8ae95ed4ae5fc7c3391ed668b2014c9e2079533b upstream.
Acked-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/metag/include/asm/uaccess.h | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/arch/metag/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/metag/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -204,8 +204,9 @@ extern unsigned long __must_check __copy
static inline unsigned long
copy_from_user(void *to, const void __user *from, unsigned long n)
{
- if (access_ok(VERIFY_READ, from, n))
+ if (likely(access_ok(VERIFY_READ, from, n)))
return __copy_user_zeroing(to, from, n);
+ memset(to, 0, n);
return n;
}
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.4/nios2-copy_from_user-should-zero-the-tail-of-destination.patch
queue-4.4/m32r-fix-__get_user.patch
queue-4.4/microblaze-fix-copy_from_user.patch
queue-4.4/cris-buggered-copy_from_user-copy_to_user-clear_user.patch
queue-4.4/asm-generic-make-copy_from_user-zero-the-destination-properly.patch
queue-4.4/metag-copy_from_user-should-zero-the-destination-on-access_ok-failure.patch
queue-4.4/score-fix-__get_user-get_user.patch
queue-4.4/parisc-fix-copy_from_user.patch
queue-4.4/mips-copy_from_user-must-zero-the-destination-on-access_ok-failure.patch
queue-4.4/alpha-fix-copy_from_user.patch
queue-4.4/mn10300-failing-__get_user-and-get_user-should-zero.patch
queue-4.4/openrisc-fix-copy_from_user.patch
queue-4.4/avr32-fix-copy_from_user.patch
queue-4.4/score-fix-copy_from_user-and-friends.patch
queue-4.4/sh64-failing-__get_user-should-zero.patch
queue-4.4/arc-uaccess-get_user-to-zero-out-dest-in-cause-of-fault.patch
queue-4.4/hexagon-fix-strncpy_from_user-error-return.patch
queue-4.4/frv-fix-clear_user.patch
queue-4.4/fix-minor-infoleak-in-get_user_ex.patch
queue-4.4/asm-generic-make-get_user-clear-the-destination-on-errors.patch
queue-4.4/mn10300-copy_from_user-should-zero-on-access_ok-failure.patch
queue-4.4/s390-get_user-should-zero-on-failure.patch
queue-4.4/microblaze-fix-__get_user.patch
queue-4.4/blackfin-fix-copy_from_user.patch
queue-4.4/fix-iov_iter_fault_in_readable.patch
queue-4.4/nios2-fix-__get_user.patch
queue-4.4/sh-fix-copy_from_user.patch
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