Patch "NFSv4.1: integer overflow in decode_cb_sequence_args()" has been added to the 3.4-stable tree

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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    NFSv4.1: integer overflow in decode_cb_sequence_args()

to the 3.4-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     nfsv4.1-integer-overflow-in-decode_cb_sequence_args.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.4 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.


>From 70bea7f2c038f04b5bc2e84f12615f79ed394d13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:37:08 +0300
Subject: NFSv4.1: integer overflow in decode_cb_sequence_args()

From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit 0439f31c35d1da0b28988b308ea455e38e6a350d upstream.

This seems like it could overflow on 32 bits.  Use kmalloc_array() which
has overflow protection built in.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rui Xiang <rui.xiang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 fs/nfs/callback_xdr.c |    6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/nfs/callback_xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/callback_xdr.c
@@ -455,9 +455,9 @@ static __be32 decode_cb_sequence_args(st
 	args->csa_nrclists = ntohl(*p++);
 	args->csa_rclists = NULL;
 	if (args->csa_nrclists) {
-		args->csa_rclists = kmalloc(args->csa_nrclists *
-					    sizeof(*args->csa_rclists),
-					    GFP_KERNEL);
+		args->csa_rclists = kmalloc_array(args->csa_nrclists,
+						  sizeof(*args->csa_rclists),
+						  GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (unlikely(args->csa_rclists == NULL))
 			goto out;
 


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx are

queue-3.4/nfsv4.1-integer-overflow-in-decode_cb_sequence_args.patch
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