This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.8.14 release. There are 45 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response to this one. If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please let me know. Responses should be made by Sun Dec 11 16:17:38 UTC 2016. Anything received after that time might be too late. The whole patch series can be found in one patch at: kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/stable-review/patch-4.8.14-rc1.gz or in the git tree and branch at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-4.8.y and the diffstat can be found below. thanks, greg k-h ------------- Pseudo-Shortlog of commits: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Linux 4.8.14-rc1 Tobias Brunner <tobias@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> esp6: Fix integrity verification when ESN are used Tobias Brunner <tobias@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> esp4: Fix integrity verification when ESN are used Miroslav Urbanek <mu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> flowcache: Increase threshold for refusing new allocations Eli Cooper <elicooper@xxxxxxx> Revert: "ip6_tunnel: Update skb->protocol to ETH_P_IPV6 in ip6_tnl_xmit()" Eli Cooper <elicooper@xxxxxxx> ipv4: Set skb->protocol properly for local output Eli Cooper <elicooper@xxxxxxx> ipv6: Set skb->protocol properly for local output Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> constify iov_iter_count() and iter_is_iovec() Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Don't feed anything but regular iovec's to blk_rq_map_user_iov Andreas Larsson <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx> sparc32: Fix inverted invalid_frame_pointer checks on sigreturns Thomas Tai <thomas.tai@xxxxxxxxxx> sparc64: fix compile warning section mismatch in find_node() Thomas Tai <thomas.tai@xxxxxxxxxx> sparc64: Fix find_node warning if numa node cannot be found Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@xxxxxxxxx> ipv4: Drop suffix update from resize code Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@xxxxxxxxx> ipv4: Drop leaf from suffix pull/push functions Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@xxxxxxxxx> ipv4: Fix memory leak in exception case for splitting tries Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@xxxxxxxxx> ipv4: Restore fib_trie_flush_external function and fix call ordering Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> net: ping: check minimum size on ICMP header length Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> net: avoid signed overflows for SO_{SND|RCV}BUFFORCE Sabrina Dubroca <sd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> geneve: avoid use-after-free of skb->data Michal Kubeček <mkubecek@xxxxxxx> tipc: check minimum bearer MTU Chris Brandt <chris.brandt@xxxxxxxxxxx> sh_eth: remove unchecked interrupts for RZ/A1 Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx> net: bcmgenet: Utilize correct struct device for all DMA operations Kristian Evensen <kristian.evensen@xxxxxxxxx> cdc_ether: Fix handling connection notification Artem Savkov <asavkov@xxxxxxxxxx> ip6_offload: check segs for NULL in ipv6_gso_segment. Philip Pettersson <philip.pettersson@xxxxxxxxx> packet: fix race condition in packet_set_ring Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> GSO: Reload iph after pskb_may_pull Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> net/dccp: fix use-after-free in dccp_invalid_packet Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@xxxxxxxxx> net: macb: fix the RX queue reset in macb_rx() Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> netlink: Do not schedule work from sk_destruct Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> netlink: Call cb->done from a worker thread Amir Vadai <amir@xxxxxxxx> net/sched: pedit: make sure that offset is valid Nikita Yushchenko <nikita.yoush@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> net: dsa: fix unbalanced dsa_switch_tree reference counting Daniel Borkmann <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> net, sched: respect rcu grace period on cls destruction Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx> net: dsa: bcm_sf2: Ensure we re-negotiate EEE during after link change Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> udplite: call proper backlog handlers Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx> ipv6: bump genid when the IFA_F_TENTATIVE flag is clear Zhang Shengju <zhangshengju@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> rtnl: fix the loop index update error in rtnl_dump_ifinfo() Guillaume Nault <g.nault@xxxxxxxxxxxx> l2tp: fix racy SOCK_ZAPPED flag check in l2tp_ip{,6}_bind() Sabrina Dubroca <sd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> rtnetlink: fix FDB size computation WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx> af_unix: conditionally use freezable blocking calls in read Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@xxxxxxx> net: sky2: Fix shutdown crash Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx> ip6_tunnel: disable caching when the traffic class is inherited WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx> net: check dead netns for peernet2id_alloc() Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx> net: dsa: b53: Fix VLAN usage and how we treat CPU port Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> virtio-net: add a missing synchronize_net() Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> gro_cells: mark napi struct as not busy poll candidates ------------- Diffstat: Makefile | 4 +- arch/sparc/kernel/signal_32.c | 4 +- arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c | 71 ++++++++++++++++++++++--- block/blk-map.c | 4 ++ drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_common.c | 16 ++---- drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2.c | 4 ++ drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c | 8 +-- drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c | 3 +- drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.c | 13 +++++ drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c | 2 +- drivers/net/geneve.c | 14 ++--- drivers/net/usb/cdc_ether.c | 38 +++++++++++--- drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 5 ++ include/linux/uio.h | 4 +- include/net/gro_cells.h | 3 ++ net/core/flow.c | 6 +-- net/core/net_namespace.c | 2 + net/core/rtnetlink.c | 7 ++- net/core/sock.c | 4 +- net/dccp/ipv4.c | 12 +++-- net/dsa/dsa2.c | 4 +- net/ipv4/af_inet.c | 2 +- net/ipv4/esp4.c | 2 +- net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c | 20 +++++-- net/ipv4/fib_trie.c | 72 ++++++++++++++------------ net/ipv4/ip_output.c | 3 ++ net/ipv4/ping.c | 4 ++ net/ipv4/udp.c | 2 +- net/ipv4/udp_impl.h | 2 +- net/ipv4/udplite.c | 2 +- net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 18 ++++--- net/ipv6/esp6.c | 2 +- net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c | 2 +- net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c | 14 +++-- net/ipv6/output_core.c | 2 + net/ipv6/udp.c | 2 +- net/ipv6/udp_impl.h | 2 +- net/ipv6/udplite.c | 2 +- net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c | 5 +- net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c | 5 +- net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 21 +++++++- net/netlink/af_netlink.h | 2 + net/packet/af_packet.c | 18 ++++--- net/sched/act_pedit.c | 24 +++++++-- net/sched/cls_basic.c | 4 -- net/sched/cls_bpf.c | 4 -- net/sched/cls_cgroup.c | 7 ++- net/sched/cls_flow.c | 1 - net/sched/cls_flower.c | 31 +++++++++-- net/sched/cls_matchall.c | 1 - net/sched/cls_rsvp.h | 3 +- net/sched/cls_tcindex.c | 1 - net/tipc/bearer.c | 11 +++- net/tipc/bearer.h | 13 +++++ net/tipc/udp_media.c | 5 ++ net/unix/af_unix.c | 17 +++--- 56 files changed, 389 insertions(+), 165 deletions(-) -- 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