Patch "mn10300: copy_from_user() should zero on access_ok() failure..." 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

    mn10300: copy_from_user() should zero on access_ok() failure...

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:
mn10300-copy_from_user-should-zero-on-access_ok-failure.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: Sat, 20 Aug 2016 16:33:10 -0400
Subject: mn10300: copy_from_user() should zero on access_ok() failure...

From: Al Viro <[email protected]>

commit ae7cc577ec2a4a6151c9e928fd1f595d953ecef1 upstream.

---
 arch/mn10300/lib/usercopy.c |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
  * 2 of the Licence, or (at your option) any later version.
  */
-#include <asm/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
 unsigned long
 __generic_copy_to_user(void *to, const void *from, unsigned long n)

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ __generic_copy_from_user(void *to, const
 {
 	if (access_ok(VERIFY_READ, from, n))
 		__copy_user_zeroing(to, from, n);
+	else
+		memset(to, 0, n);
 	return n;
 }
 

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