This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 3.18.78 release. There are 20 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 26 12:56:37 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-3.18.78-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 3.18.78-rc1 Alexander Drozdov <al.drozdov@xxxxxxxxx> af_packet: don't pass empty blocks for PACKET_V3 John David Anglin <dave.anglin@xxxxxxxx> parisc: Fix double-word compare and exchange in LWS code on 32-bit kernels John David Anglin <dave.anglin@xxxxxxxx> parisc: Avoid trashing sr2 and sr3 in LWS code Ignacy Gawędzki <ignacy.gawedzki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> cls_api.c: Fix dumping of non-existing actions' stats. David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> KEYS: don't let add_key() update an uninstantiated key Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> lib/digsig: fix dereference of NULL user_key_payload Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> KEYS: encrypted: fix dereference of NULL user_key_payload Jan Luebbe <jlu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> bus: mbus: fix window size calculation for 4GB windows Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> brcmsmac: make some local variables 'static const' to reduce stack size Pontus Andersson <epontan@xxxxxxxxx> i2c: ismt: Separate I2C block read from SMBus block read Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> ALSA: hda: Remove superfluous '-' added by printk conversion Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ALSA: seq: Enable 'use' locking in all configurations Stefan Mätje <Stefan.Maetje@xxxxxx> can: esd_usb2: Fix can_dlc value for received RTR, frames Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> can: gs_usb: fix busy loop if no more TX context is available Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> usb: hub: Allow reset retry for USB2 devices on connect bounce Felipe Balbi <felipe.balbi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> usb: quirks: add quirk for WORLDE MINI MIDI keyboard Maksim Salau <msalau@xxxxxxxxxxx> usb: cdc_acm: Add quirk for Elatec TWN3 Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> USB: serial: metro-usb: add MS7820 device id Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> USB: core: fix out-of-bounds access bug in usb_get_bos_descriptor() Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> USB: devio: Revert "USB: devio: Don't corrupt user memory" ------------- Diffstat: Makefile | 4 +- arch/parisc/kernel/syscall.S | 55 +++--- drivers/bus/mvebu-mbus.c | 2 +- drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ismt.c | 5 +- drivers/net/can/usb/esd_usb2.c | 2 +- drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c | 10 +- .../net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/phy/phy_n.c | 197 ++++++++++----------- drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c | 3 + drivers/usb/core/config.c | 6 +- drivers/usb/core/devio.c | 6 +- drivers/usb/core/hub.c | 11 +- drivers/usb/core/quirks.c | 4 + drivers/usb/serial/metro-usb.c | 1 + include/linux/mbus.h | 4 +- lib/digsig.c | 6 + net/packet/af_packet.c | 10 +- net/sched/cls_api.c | 7 +- security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c | 7 + security/keys/key.c | 10 ++ sound/core/seq/seq_lock.c | 4 - sound/core/seq/seq_lock.h | 12 -- sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c | 2 +- 22 files changed, 191 insertions(+), 177 deletions(-)