Please backport adb1fe9ae2ee6ef6bc10f3d5a588020e7664dfa7

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Subject: Please backport adb1fe9ae2ee6ef6bc10f3d5a588020e7664dfa7
From: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2017 13:46:36 -0700

Hi,

Please backport commit adb1fe9ae2ee ("mm/page_alloc: Remove kernel
address exposure in free_reserved_area()"), which removes a trivial
KASLR leak in dmesg. There are likely more, but this is an easy one to
fix...

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security

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