Patch "blackfin: fix copy_from_user()" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree

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

blackfin: fix copy_from_user()

to the 4.4-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:
blackfin-fix-copy_from_user.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <[email protected]> know about it.

From: Al Viro <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 19:16:58 -0400
Subject: blackfin: fix copy_from_user()

From: Al Viro <[email protected]>

commit 8f035983dd826d7e04f67b28acf8e2f08c347e41 upstream.

---
 arch/blackfin/include/asm/uaccess.h |    9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

@@ -177,11 +177,12 @@ static inline int bad_user_access_length
 static inline unsigned long __must_check
 copy_from_user(void *to, const void __user *from, unsigned long n)
 {
-	if (access_ok(VERIFY_READ, from, n))
+	if (likely(access_ok(VERIFY_READ, from, n))) {
 		memcpy(to, (const void __force *)from, n);
-	else
-		return n;
-	return 0;
+		return 0;
+	}
+	memset(to, 0, n);
+	return n;
 }
 
 static inline unsigned long __must_check

Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are

queue-4.4/nios2-copy_from_user-should-zero-the-tail-of-destination.patch queue-4.4/m32r-fix-__get_user.patch queue-4.4/microblaze-fix-copy_from_user.patch queue-4.4/cris-buggered-copy_from_user-copy_to_user-clear_user.patch queue-4.4/asm-generic-make-copy_from_user-zero-the-destination-properly.patch queue-4.4/metag-copy_from_user-should-zero-the-destination-on-access_ok-failure.patch queue-4.4/score-fix-__get_user-get_user.patch queue-4.4/parisc-fix-copy_from_user.patch queue-4.4/mips-copy_from_user-must-zero-the-destination-on-access_ok-failure.patch queue-4.4/alpha-fix-copy_from_user.patch queue-4.4/mn10300-failing-__get_user-and-get_user-should-zero.patch queue-4.4/openrisc-fix-copy_from_user.patch queue-4.4/avr32-fix-copy_from_user.patch queue-4.4/score-fix-copy_from_user-and-friends.patch queue-4.4/sh64-failing-__get_user-should-zero.patch queue-4.4/arc-uaccess-get_user-to-zero-out-dest-in-cause-of-fault.patch queue-4.4/hexagon-fix-strncpy_from_user-error-return.patch queue-4.4/frv-fix-clear_user.patch queue-4.4/fix-minor-infoleak-in-get_user_ex.patch queue-4.4/asm-generic-make-get_user-clear-the-destination-on-errors.patch queue-4.4/mn10300-copy_from_user-should-zero-on-access_ok-failure.patch queue-4.4/s390-get_user-should-zero-on-failure.patch queue-4.4/microblaze-fix-__get_user.patch queue-4.4/blackfin-fix-copy_from_user.patch queue-4.4/fix-iov_iter_fault_in_readable.patch queue-4.4/nios2-fix-__get_user.patch queue-4.4/sh-fix-copy_from_user.patch