This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled sh64: failing __get_user() should zero to the 4.7-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: sh64-failing-__get_user-should-zero.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.7 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From c6852389228df9fb3067f94f3b651de2a7921b36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 23:33:47 -0400 Subject: sh64: failing __get_user() should zero From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit c6852389228df9fb3067f94f3b651de2a7921b36 upstream. It could be done in exception-handling bits in __get_user_b() et.al., but the surgery involved would take more knowledge of sh64 details than I have or _want_ to have. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/sh/include/asm/uaccess_64.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/arch/sh/include/asm/uaccess_64.h +++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/uaccess_64.h @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #define __get_user_size(x,ptr,size,retval) \ do { \ retval = 0; \ + x = 0; \ switch (size) { \ case 1: \ retval = __get_user_asm_b((void *)&x, \ Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.7/nios2-copy_from_user-should-zero-the-tail-of-destination.patch queue-4.7/m32r-fix-__get_user.patch queue-4.7/microblaze-fix-copy_from_user.patch queue-4.7/cris-buggered-copy_from_user-copy_to_user-clear_user.patch queue-4.7/asm-generic-make-copy_from_user-zero-the-destination-properly.patch queue-4.7/metag-copy_from_user-should-zero-the-destination-on-access_ok-failure.patch queue-4.7/score-fix-__get_user-get_user.patch queue-4.7/parisc-fix-copy_from_user.patch queue-4.7/mips-copy_from_user-must-zero-the-destination-on-access_ok-failure.patch queue-4.7/alpha-fix-copy_from_user.patch queue-4.7/mn10300-failing-__get_user-and-get_user-should-zero.patch queue-4.7/openrisc-fix-copy_from_user.patch queue-4.7/avr32-fix-copy_from_user.patch queue-4.7/score-fix-copy_from_user-and-friends.patch queue-4.7/sh64-failing-__get_user-should-zero.patch queue-4.7/arc-uaccess-get_user-to-zero-out-dest-in-cause-of-fault.patch queue-4.7/hexagon-fix-strncpy_from_user-error-return.patch queue-4.7/af_unix-split-u-readlock-into-two-iolock-and-bindlock.patch queue-4.7/frv-fix-clear_user.patch queue-4.7/fix-minor-infoleak-in-get_user_ex.patch queue-4.7/asm-generic-make-get_user-clear-the-destination-on-errors.patch queue-4.7/mn10300-copy_from_user-should-zero-on-access_ok-failure.patch queue-4.7/s390-get_user-should-zero-on-failure.patch queue-4.7/microblaze-fix-__get_user.patch queue-4.7/blackfin-fix-copy_from_user.patch queue-4.7/fix-iov_iter_fault_in_readable.patch queue-4.7/nios2-fix-__get_user.patch queue-4.7/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