Patch "arch, mm: Allow arch_dup_mmap() to fail" has been added to the 4.14-stable tree

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

arch, mm: Allow arch_dup_mmap() to fail

to the 4.14-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:
arch-mm-allow-arch_dup_mmap-to-fail.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory.

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

From: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 12:27:29 +0100
Subject: arch, mm: Allow arch_dup_mmap() to fail

From: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>

commit c10e83f598d08046dd1ebc8360d4bb12d802d51b upstream.

In order to sanitize the LDT initialization on x86 arch_dup_mmap() must be allowed to fail. Fix up all instances.

---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h   |    5 +++--
 arch/um/include/asm/mmu_context.h        |    3 ++-
 arch/unicore32/include/asm/mmu_context.h |    5 +++--
 arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h       |    4 ++--
 include/asm-generic/mm_hooks.h           |    5 +++--
 kernel/fork.c                            |    3 +--
 6 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

@@ -114,9 +114,10 @@ static inline void enter_lazy_tlb(struct
 #endif
 }
 
-static inline void arch_dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *oldmm,
-				 struct mm_struct *mm)
+static inline int arch_dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *oldmm,
+				struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static inline void arch_exit_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm)

@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ extern void uml_setup_stubs(struct mm_st
 /*
  * Needed since we do not use the asm-generic/mm_hooks.h:
  */
-static inline void arch_dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *oldmm, struct mm_struct *mm)
+static inline int arch_dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *oldmm, struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	uml_setup_stubs(mm);
+	return 0;
 }
 extern void arch_exit_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm);
 static inline void arch_unmap(struct mm_struct *mm,

@@ -81,9 +81,10 @@ do { \
 	} \
 } while (0)
 
-static inline void arch_dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *oldmm,
-				 struct mm_struct *mm)
+static inline int arch_dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *oldmm,
+				struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static inline void arch_unmap(struct mm_struct *mm,

@@ -176,10 +176,10 @@ do {						\
 } while (0)
 #endif
 
-static inline void arch_dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *oldmm,
-				 struct mm_struct *mm)
+static inline int arch_dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *oldmm, struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	paravirt_arch_dup_mmap(oldmm, mm);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static inline void arch_exit_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm)

@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_GENERIC_MM_HOOKS_H
 #define _ASM_GENERIC_MM_HOOKS_H
 
-static inline void arch_dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *oldmm,
-				 struct mm_struct *mm)
+static inline int arch_dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *oldmm,
+				struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static inline void arch_exit_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm)

@@ -721,8 +721,7 @@ static __latent_entropy int dup_mmap(str
 			goto out;
 	}
 	/* a new mm has just been created */
-	arch_dup_mmap(oldmm, mm);
-	retval = 0;
+	retval = arch_dup_mmap(oldmm, mm);
 out:
 	up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	flush_tlb_mm(oldmm);

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

queue-4.14/x86-entry-rename-sysenter_stack-to-cpu_entry_area_entry_stack.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-put-mmu-to-hardware-asid-translation-in-one-place.patch queue-4.14/x86-vsyscall-64-explicitly-set-_page_user-in-the-pagetable-hierarchy.patch queue-4.14/x86-uv-use-the-right-tlb-flush-api.patch queue-4.14/x86-decoder-fix-and-update-the-opcodes-map.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-dump_pagetables-check-page_present-for-real.patch queue-4.14/x86-ldt-prevent-ldt-inheritance-on-exec.patch queue-4.14/x86-microcode-dont-abuse-the-tlb-flush-interface.patch queue-4.14/x86-doc-remove-obvious-weirdnesses-from-the-x86-mm-layout-documentation.patch queue-4.14/init-invoke-init_espfix_bsp-from-mm_init.patch queue-4.14/x86-cpu_entry_area-move-it-to-a-separate-unit.patch queue-4.14/x86-vsyscall-64-warn-and-fail-vsyscall-emulation-in-native-mode.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-create-asm-invpcid.h.patch queue-4.14/x86-cpu_entry_area-prevent-wraparound-in-setup_cpu_entry_area_ptes-on-32bit.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-remove-superfluous-barriers.patch queue-4.14/x86-ldt-rework-locking.patch queue-4.14/pci-pm-force-devices-to-d0-in-pci_pm_thaw_noirq.patch queue-4.14/arch-mm-allow-arch_dup_mmap-to-fail.patch queue-4.14/x86-cpu_entry_area-move-it-out-of-the-fixmap.patch queue-4.14/tools-headers-sync-objtool-uapi-header.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-remove-hard-coded-asid-limit-checks.patch queue-4.14/x86-kconfig-limit-nr_cpus-on-32-bit-to-a-sane-amount.patch queue-4.14/objtool-fix-64-bit-build-on-32-bit-host.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-add-comments-to-clarify-which-tlb-flush-functions-are-supposed-to-flush-what.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-move-the-cr3-construction-functions-to-tlbflush.h.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-dump_pagetables-make-the-address-hints-correct-and-readable.patch queue-4.14/x86-insn-eval-add-utility-functions-to-get-segment-selector.patch queue-4.14/objtool-move-synced-files-to-their-original-relative-locations.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-use-__flush_tlb_one-for-kernel-memory.patch queue-4.14/objtool-move-kernel-headers-code-sync-check-to-a-script.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-64-improve-the-memory-map-documentation.patch queue-4.14/objtool-fix-cross-build.patch