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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html