This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled MIPS: fix uretprobe implementation 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-fix-uretprobe-implementation.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 db06068a4fd44a57b642b369d2a295b8448f6b65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marcin Nowakowski <marcin.nowakowski@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 15:38:31 +0200 Subject: MIPS: fix uretprobe implementation From: Marcin Nowakowski <marcin.nowakowski@xxxxxxxxxx> commit db06068a4fd44a57b642b369d2a295b8448f6b65 upstream. arch_uretprobe_hijack_return_addr should replace the return address for a call with a trampoline address. Signed-off-by: Marcin Nowakowski <marcin.nowakowski@xxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: 40e084a506eb ('MIPS: Add uprobes support.') Cc: linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/14298/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/mips/kernel/uprobes.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/mips/kernel/uprobes.c +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/uprobes.c @@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ unsigned long arch_uretprobe_hijack_retu ra = regs->regs[31]; /* Replace the return address with the trampoline address */ - regs->regs[31] = ra; + regs->regs[31] = trampoline_vaddr; return ra; } Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from marcin.nowakowski@xxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.4/mips-uprobes-fix-use-of-uninitialised-variable.patch queue-4.4/mips-fix-uretprobe-implementation.patch queue-4.4/mips-uprobes-remove-incorrect-set_orig_insn.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