3.16.39-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit aace880feea38875fbc919761b77e5732a3659ef upstream.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
#include <asm/errno.h>
#include <asm-generic/uaccess-unaligned.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+
#define VERIFY_READ 0
#define VERIFY_WRITE 1
@@ -248,13 +250,14 @@ static inline unsigned long __must_check
unsigned long n)
{
int sz = __compiletime_object_size(to);
- int ret = -EFAULT;
+ unsigned long ret = n;
if (likely(sz == -1 || !__builtin_constant_p(n) || sz >= n))
ret = __copy_from_user(to, from, n);
else
copy_from_user_overflow();
-
+ if (unlikely(ret))
+ memset(to + (n - ret), 0, ret);
return ret;
}
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