This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.10.15 release. There are 5 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 Mon May 8 20:38:36 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-4.10.15-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-4.10.y and the diffstat can be found below. thanks, greg k-h ------------- Pseudo-Shortlog of commits: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Linux 4.10.15-rc1 Adrian Salido <salidoa@xxxxxxxxxx> dm ioctl: prevent stack leak in dm ioctl call Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> hwmon: (it87) Avoid registering the same chip on both SIO addresses Stephen Hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> scsi: storvsc: Workaround for virtual DVD SCSI version Sachin Prabhu <sprabhu@xxxxxxxxxx> Handle mismatched open calls Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> timerfd: Protect the might cancel mechanism proper ------------- Diffstat: Makefile | 4 ++-- drivers/hwmon/it87.c | 24 +++++++++++++++---- drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c | 2 +- drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c | 27 +++++++++++++-------- fs/cifs/cifsglob.h | 11 +++++++++ fs/cifs/cifssmb.c | 4 ++++ fs/cifs/connect.c | 13 +++++++++-- fs/cifs/smb2misc.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ fs/cifs/smb2ops.c | 4 ++++ fs/cifs/smb2proto.h | 7 ++++++ fs/cifs/smb2transport.c | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- fs/cifs/transport.c | 2 ++ fs/timerfd.c | 17 +++++++++++--- 13 files changed, 188 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)