This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
mips: copy_from_user() must 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:
mips-copy_from_user-must-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 e69d700535ac43a18032b3c399c69bf4639e89a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2016 16:18:53 -0400
Subject: mips: copy_from_user() must zero the destination on access_ok() failure
From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit e69d700535ac43a18032b3c399c69bf4639e89a2 upstream.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/mips/include/asm/uaccess.h | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/errno.h>
#include <linux/thread_info.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
#include <asm/asm-eva.h>
/*
@@ -1170,6 +1171,8 @@ extern size_t __copy_in_user_eva(void *_
__cu_len = __invoke_copy_from_user(__cu_to, \
__cu_from, \
__cu_len); \
+ } else { \
+ memset(__cu_to, 0, __cu_len); \
} \
} \
__cu_len; \
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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