Patch "mips: copy_from_user() must zero the destination 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

mips: copy_from_user() must zero the destination 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:
mips-copy_from_user-must-zero-the-destination-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 16:18:53 -0400
Subject: mips: copy_from_user() must zero the destination on access_ok() failure

From: Al Viro <[email protected]>

commit e69d700535ac43a18032b3c399c69bf4639e89a2 upstream.

---
 arch/mips/include/asm/uaccess.h |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/thread_info.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 #include <asm/asm-eva.h>
 
 /*

@@ -1170,6 +1171,8 @@ extern size_t __copy_in_user_eva(void *_
 			__cu_len = __invoke_copy_from_user(__cu_to,	\
 							   __cu_from,	\
 							   __cu_len);   \
+		} else {						\
+			memset(__cu_to, 0, __cu_len);			\
 		}							\
 	}								\
 	__cu_len;							\

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