This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.9.27 release. There are 9 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 20:38:28 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-4.9.27-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-4.9.y and the diffstat can be found below. thanks, greg k-h ------------- Pseudo-Shortlog of commits: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Linux 4.9.27-rc1 Adrian Salido <salidoa@xxxxxxxxxx> dm ioctl: prevent stack leak in dm ioctl call Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> cpu/hotplug: Serialize callback invocations proper Yan, Zheng <zyan@xxxxxxxxxx> ceph: try getting buffer capability for readahead/fadvise Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 8250_pci: Fix potential use-after-free in error path 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 Maciej S. Szmigiero <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> tpm_tis: use default timeout value if chip reports it as zero Sachin Prabhu <sprabhu@xxxxxxxxxx> Handle mismatched open calls Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> timerfd: Protect the might cancel mechanism proper ------------- Diffstat: Makefile | 4 +-- drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------- drivers/hwmon/it87.c | 24 ++++++++++++---- drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c | 2 +- drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c | 27 +++++++++++------- drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pci.c | 12 ++++---- fs/ceph/addr.c | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- fs/ceph/caps.c | 21 ++++++++++++++ fs/ceph/file.c | 3 +- fs/ceph/super.h | 2 ++ 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 +++++++++-- kernel/cpu.c | 17 +++++------ 20 files changed, 307 insertions(+), 76 deletions(-)