This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
ppc32: fix copy_from_user()
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:
ppc32-fix-copy_from_user.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 224264657b8b228f949b42346e09ed8c90136a8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 19:16:26 -0400
Subject: ppc32: fix copy_from_user()
From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 224264657b8b228f949b42346e09ed8c90136a8e upstream.
should clear on access_ok() failures. Also remove the useless
range truncation logics.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h | 21 ++-------------------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -323,30 +323,17 @@ extern unsigned long __copy_tofrom_user(
static inline unsigned long copy_from_user(void *to,
const void __user *from, unsigned long n)
{
- unsigned long over;
-
- if (access_ok(VERIFY_READ, from, n))
+ if (likely(access_ok(VERIFY_READ, from, n)))
return __copy_tofrom_user((__force void __user *)to, from, n);
- if ((unsigned long)from < TASK_SIZE) {
- over = (unsigned long)from + n - TASK_SIZE;
- return __copy_tofrom_user((__force void __user *)to, from,
- n - over) + over;
- }
++ memset(to, 0, n);
return n;
}
static inline unsigned long copy_to_user(void __user *to,
const void *from, unsigned long n)
{
- unsigned long over;
-
if (access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, to, n))
return __copy_tofrom_user(to, (__force void __user *)from, n);
- if ((unsigned long)to < TASK_SIZE) {
- over = (unsigned long)to + n - TASK_SIZE;
- return __copy_tofrom_user(to, (__force void __user *)from,
- n - over) + over;
- }
return n;
}
@@ -437,10 +424,6 @@ static inline unsigned long clear_user(v
might_fault();
if (likely(access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, addr, size)))
return __clear_user(addr, size);
- if ((unsigned long)addr < TASK_SIZE) {
- unsigned long over = (unsigned long)addr + size - TASK_SIZE;
- return __clear_user(addr, size - over) + over;
- }
return 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
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