Patch "microblaze: fix copy_from_user()" has been added to the 4.7-stable tree

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

microblaze: fix copy_from_user()

to the 4.7-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:
microblaze-fix-copy_from_user.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.7 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 19:22:34 -0400
Subject: microblaze: fix copy_from_user()

From: Al Viro <[email protected]>

commit d0cf385160c12abd109746cad1f13e3b3e8b50b8 upstream.

---
 arch/microblaze/include/asm/uaccess.h |    9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

@@ -373,10 +373,13 @@ extern long __user_bad(void);
 static inline long copy_from_user(void *to,
 		const void __user *from, unsigned long n)
 {
+	unsigned long res = n;
 	might_fault();
-	if (access_ok(VERIFY_READ, from, n))
-		return __copy_from_user(to, from, n);
-	return n;
+	if (likely(access_ok(VERIFY_READ, from, n)))
+		res = __copy_from_user(to, from, n);
+	if (unlikely(res))
+		memset(to + (n - res), 0, res);
+	return res;
 }
 
 #define __copy_to_user(to, from, n)	\

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

queue-4.7/nios2-copy_from_user-should-zero-the-tail-of-destination.patch queue-4.7/m32r-fix-__get_user.patch queue-4.7/microblaze-fix-copy_from_user.patch queue-4.7/cris-buggered-copy_from_user-copy_to_user-clear_user.patch queue-4.7/asm-generic-make-copy_from_user-zero-the-destination-properly.patch queue-4.7/metag-copy_from_user-should-zero-the-destination-on-access_ok-failure.patch queue-4.7/score-fix-__get_user-get_user.patch queue-4.7/parisc-fix-copy_from_user.patch queue-4.7/mips-copy_from_user-must-zero-the-destination-on-access_ok-failure.patch queue-4.7/alpha-fix-copy_from_user.patch queue-4.7/mn10300-failing-__get_user-and-get_user-should-zero.patch queue-4.7/openrisc-fix-copy_from_user.patch queue-4.7/avr32-fix-copy_from_user.patch queue-4.7/score-fix-copy_from_user-and-friends.patch queue-4.7/sh64-failing-__get_user-should-zero.patch queue-4.7/arc-uaccess-get_user-to-zero-out-dest-in-cause-of-fault.patch queue-4.7/hexagon-fix-strncpy_from_user-error-return.patch queue-4.7/af_unix-split-u-readlock-into-two-iolock-and-bindlock.patch queue-4.7/frv-fix-clear_user.patch queue-4.7/fix-minor-infoleak-in-get_user_ex.patch queue-4.7/asm-generic-make-get_user-clear-the-destination-on-errors.patch queue-4.7/mn10300-copy_from_user-should-zero-on-access_ok-failure.patch queue-4.7/s390-get_user-should-zero-on-failure.patch queue-4.7/microblaze-fix-__get_user.patch queue-4.7/blackfin-fix-copy_from_user.patch queue-4.7/fix-iov_iter_fault_in_readable.patch queue-4.7/nios2-fix-__get_user.patch queue-4.7/sh-fix-copy_from_user.patch