This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled ia64: 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: ia64-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 a5e541f796f17228793694d64b507f5f57db4cd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 21:31:41 -0400 Subject: ia64: copy_from_user() should zero the destination on access_ok() failure From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit a5e541f796f17228793694d64b507f5f57db4cd7 upstream. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/ia64/include/asm/uaccess.h | 20 +++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) --- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/uaccess.h +++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/uaccess.h @@ -263,17 +263,15 @@ __copy_from_user (void *to, const void _ __cu_len; \ }) -#define copy_from_user(to, from, n) \ -({ \ - void *__cu_to = (to); \ - const void __user *__cu_from = (from); \ - long __cu_len = (n); \ - \ - __chk_user_ptr(__cu_from); \ - if (__access_ok(__cu_from, __cu_len, get_fs())) \ - __cu_len = __copy_user((__force void __user *) __cu_to, __cu_from, __cu_len); \ - __cu_len; \ -}) +static inline unsigned long +copy_from_user(void *to, const void __user *from, unsigned long n) +{ + if (likely(__access_ok(from, n, get_fs()))) + n = __copy_user((__force void __user *) to, from, n); + else + memset(to, 0, n); + return n; +} #define __copy_in_user(to, from, size) __copy_user((to), (from), (size)) 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/ppc32-fix-copy_from_user.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/ia64-copy_from_user-should-zero-the-destination-on-access_ok-failure.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/sparc32-fix-copy_from_user.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