This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled ANDROID: binder: Clear binder and cookie when setting handle in flat binder struct to the 4.8-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: android-binder-clear-binder-and-cookie-when-setting-handle-in-flat-binder-struct.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.8 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 4afb604e2d14d429ac9e1fd84b952602853b2df5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Arve=20Hj=C3=B8nnev=C3=A5g?= <arve@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 15:20:30 +0200 Subject: ANDROID: binder: Clear binder and cookie when setting handle in flat binder struct MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@xxxxxxxxxxx> commit 4afb604e2d14d429ac9e1fd84b952602853b2df5 upstream. Prevents leaking pointers between processes Signed-off-by: Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Martijn Coenen <maco@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/android/binder.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/android/binder.c +++ b/drivers/android/binder.c @@ -1585,7 +1585,9 @@ static void binder_transaction(struct bi fp->type = BINDER_TYPE_HANDLE; else fp->type = BINDER_TYPE_WEAK_HANDLE; + fp->binder = 0; fp->handle = ref->desc; + fp->cookie = 0; binder_inc_ref(ref, fp->type == BINDER_TYPE_HANDLE, &thread->todo); @@ -1635,7 +1637,9 @@ static void binder_transaction(struct bi return_error = BR_FAILED_REPLY; goto err_binder_get_ref_for_node_failed; } + fp->binder = 0; fp->handle = new_ref->desc; + fp->cookie = 0; binder_inc_ref(new_ref, fp->type == BINDER_TYPE_HANDLE, NULL); trace_binder_transaction_ref_to_ref(t, ref, new_ref); @@ -1689,6 +1693,7 @@ static void binder_transaction(struct bi binder_debug(BINDER_DEBUG_TRANSACTION, " fd %d -> %d\n", fp->handle, target_fd); /* TODO: fput? */ + fp->binder = 0; fp->handle = target_fd; } break; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from arve@xxxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.8/android-binder-add-strong-ref-checks.patch queue-4.8/android-binder-clear-binder-and-cookie-when-setting-handle-in-flat-binder-struct.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