Patch "fs/binfmt_elf.c:load_elf_binary(): return -EINVAL on zero-length mappings" has been added to the 3.10-stable tree

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

    fs/binfmt_elf.c:load_elf_binary(): return -EINVAL on zero-length mappings

to the 3.10-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:
     fs-binfmt_elf.c-load_elf_binary-return-einval-on-zero-length-mappings.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.10 subdirectory.

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


>From 2b1d3ae940acd11be44c6eced5873d47c2e00ffa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 15:44:24 -0700
Subject: fs/binfmt_elf.c:load_elf_binary(): return -EINVAL on zero-length mappings

From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 2b1d3ae940acd11be44c6eced5873d47c2e00ffa upstream.

load_elf_binary() returns `retval', not `error'.

Fixes: a87938b2e246b81b4fb ("fs/binfmt_elf.c: fix bug in loading of PIE binaries")
Reported-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael Davidson <md@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 fs/binfmt_elf.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_
 			total_size = total_mapping_size(elf_phdata,
 							loc->elf_ex.e_phnum);
 			if (!total_size) {
-				error = -EINVAL;
+				retval = -EINVAL;
 				goto out_free_dentry;
 			}
 		}


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are

queue-3.10/fs-binfmt_elf.c-load_elf_binary-return-einval-on-zero-length-mappings.patch
queue-3.10/fs-omfs-add-null-terminator-in-the-end-up-the-token-list.patch
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