This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 3.18.73 release. There are 24 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 Thu Oct 5 11:36:26 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/v3.x/stable-review/patch-3.18.73-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-3.18.y and the diffstat can be found below. thanks, greg k-h ------------- Pseudo-Shortlog of commits: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Linux 3.18.73-rc1 Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> swiotlb-xen: implement xen_swiotlb_dma_mmap callback Vladis Dronov <vdronov@xxxxxxxxxx> video: fbdev: aty: do not leak uninitialized padding in clk to userspace Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> x86/fpu: Don't let userspace set bogus xcomp_bv satoru takeuchi <satoru.takeuchi@xxxxxxxxx> btrfs: prevent to set invalid default subvolid Nicolai Stange <nstange@xxxxxxx> PCI: Fix race condition with driver_override Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx> kvm: nVMX: Don't allow L2 to access the hardware CR8 Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx> arm64: Make sure SPsel is always set Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> bsg-lib: don't free job in bsg_prepare_job Vladis Dronov <vdronov@xxxxxxxxxx> nl80211: check for the required netlink attributes presence Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@xxxxxxxxxx> vfs: Return -ENXIO for negative SEEK_HOLE / SEEK_DATA offsets Steve French <smfrench@xxxxxxxxx> SMB3: Don't ignore O_SYNC/O_DSYNC and O_DIRECT flags Steve French <smfrench@xxxxxxxxx> SMB: Validate negotiate (to protect against downgrade) even if signing off Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> powerpc/pseries: Fix parent_dn reference leak in add_dt_node() Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> KEYS: prevent KEYCTL_READ on negative key Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> KEYS: prevent creating a different user's keyrings Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> KEYS: fix writing past end of user-supplied buffer in keyring_read() LEROY Christophe <christophe.leroy@xxxxxx> crypto: talitos - fix sha224 Xin Long <lucien.xin@xxxxxxxxx> scsi: scsi_transport_iscsi: fix the issue that iscsi_if_rx doesn't parse nlmsg properly Bo Yan <byan@xxxxxxxxxx> tracing: Erase irqsoff trace with empty write Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@xxxxxxxxxx> tracing: Fix trace_pipe behavior for instance traces Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxxx> KVM: PPC: Book3S: Fix race and leak in kvm_vm_ioctl_create_spapr_tce() Avraham Stern <avraham.stern@xxxxxxxxx> mac80211: flush hw_roc_start work before cancelling the ROC Shu Wang <shuwang@xxxxxxxxxx> cifs: release auth_key.response for reconnect. Shu Wang <shuwang@xxxxxxxxxx> cifs: release cifs root_cred after exit_cifs ------------- Diffstat: Makefile | 4 +-- arch/arm/xen/mm.c | 1 + arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 1 + arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio.c | 46 ++++++++++++++++++------------- arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/mobility.c | 4 ++- arch/x86/kernel/i387.c | 11 ++++++++ arch/x86/kernel/xsave.c | 4 ++- arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 5 ++++ block/bsg-lib.c | 1 - drivers/crypto/talitos.c | 4 +-- drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c | 11 ++++++-- drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c | 2 +- drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c | 2 +- drivers/xen/swiotlb-xen.c | 19 +++++++++++++ fs/btrfs/ioctl.c | 4 +++ fs/cifs/cifsfs.c | 2 +- fs/cifs/connect.c | 8 ++++++ fs/cifs/file.c | 7 +++++ fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c | 17 ++++++++---- fs/read_write.c | 4 +-- include/linux/key.h | 2 ++ include/xen/swiotlb-xen.h | 5 ++++ kernel/trace/trace.c | 12 ++++++-- net/mac80211/offchannel.c | 2 ++ net/wireless/nl80211.c | 3 ++ security/keys/internal.h | 2 +- security/keys/key.c | 2 ++ security/keys/keyctl.c | 5 ++++ security/keys/keyring.c | 37 +++++++++++++------------ security/keys/process_keys.c | 8 ++++-- 30 files changed, 173 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-)