This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled s390: get_user() should zero on 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: s390-get_user-should-zero-on-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 fd2d2b191fe75825c4c7a6f12f3fef35aaed7dd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 22:00:54 -0400 Subject: s390: get_user() should zero on failure From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit fd2d2b191fe75825c4c7a6f12f3fef35aaed7dd7 upstream. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/s390/include/asm/uaccess.h | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/arch/s390/include/asm/uaccess.h +++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/uaccess.h @@ -215,28 +215,28 @@ int __put_user_bad(void) __attribute__(( __chk_user_ptr(ptr); \ switch (sizeof(*(ptr))) { \ case 1: { \ - unsigned char __x; \ + unsigned char __x = 0; \ __gu_err = __get_user_fn(&__x, ptr, \ sizeof(*(ptr))); \ (x) = *(__force __typeof__(*(ptr)) *) &__x; \ break; \ }; \ case 2: { \ - unsigned short __x; \ + unsigned short __x = 0; \ __gu_err = __get_user_fn(&__x, ptr, \ sizeof(*(ptr))); \ (x) = *(__force __typeof__(*(ptr)) *) &__x; \ break; \ }; \ case 4: { \ - unsigned int __x; \ + unsigned int __x = 0; \ __gu_err = __get_user_fn(&__x, ptr, \ sizeof(*(ptr))); \ (x) = *(__force __typeof__(*(ptr)) *) &__x; \ break; \ }; \ case 8: { \ - unsigned long long __x; \ + unsigned long long __x = 0; \ __gu_err = __get_user_fn(&__x, ptr, \ sizeof(*(ptr))); \ (x) = *(__force __typeof__(*(ptr)) *) &__x; \ 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 -- 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