This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.4.65 release. There are 17 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 Apr 30 08:28:47 UTC 2017. 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-4.4.65-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-4.4.y and the diffstat can be found below. thanks, greg k-h ------------- Pseudo-Shortlog of commits: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Linux 4.4.65-rc1 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> perf/core: Fix concurrent sys_perf_event_open() vs. 'move_group' race Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> ping: implement proper locking EunTaik Lee <eun.taik.lee@xxxxxxxxxxx> staging/android/ion : fix a race condition in the ion driver Vlad Tsyrklevich <vlad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> vfio/pci: Fix integer overflows, bitmask check Michal Kubeček <mkubecek@xxxxxxx> tipc: check minimum bearer MTU Phil Turnbull <phil.turnbull@xxxxxxxxxx> netfilter: nfnetlink: correctly validate length of batch messages Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> xc2028: avoid use after free Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> mnt: Add a per mount namespace limit on the number of mounts Jon Paul Maloy <jon.maloy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> tipc: fix socket timer deadlock Parthasarathy Bhuvaragan <parthasarathy.bhuvaragan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> tipc: fix random link resets while adding a second bearer Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> gfs2: avoid uninitialized variable warning Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> hostap: avoid uninitialized variable use in hfa384x_get_rid Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> tty: nozomi: avoid a harmless gcc warning Jon Paul Maloy <jon.maloy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> tipc: correct error in node fsm Jon Paul Maloy <jon.maloy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> tipc: re-enable compensation for socket receive buffer double counting Erik Hugne <erik.hugne@xxxxxxxxx> tipc: make dist queue pernet Richard Alpe <richard.alpe@xxxxxxxxxxxx> tipc: make sure IPv6 header fits in skb headroom ------------- Diffstat: Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt | 7 ++++ Makefile | 4 +-- drivers/media/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c | 3 +- drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_hw.c | 15 ++++++--- drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------- drivers/tty/nozomi.c | 2 +- drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c | 33 ++++++++++++------- drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c | 2 +- fs/gfs2/dir.c | 4 +-- fs/mount.h | 2 ++ fs/namespace.c | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- fs/pnode.c | 2 +- fs/pnode.h | 1 + include/linux/mount.h | 2 ++ kernel/events/core.c | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- kernel/sysctl.c | 9 ++++++ net/ipv4/ping.c | 5 +-- net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c | 10 +++--- net/tipc/bearer.c | 13 ++++++-- net/tipc/bearer.h | 13 ++++++++ net/tipc/core.c | 1 + net/tipc/core.h | 3 ++ net/tipc/name_distr.c | 24 +++++++------- net/tipc/node.c | 4 +-- net/tipc/socket.c | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- net/tipc/udp_media.c | 7 +++- 26 files changed, 305 insertions(+), 79 deletions(-)