linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] usercopy fix for v4.8-rc8

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Date:   Tue, 20 Sep 2016 16:15:13 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
Subject: [GIT PULL] usercopy fix for v4.8-rc8

Hi,

Please pull this usercopy fix for v4.8-rc8. Another fix-up for arm64.

Thanks!

-Kees

The following changes since commit d2ffb0103aaefa9b169da042cf39ce27bfb6cdbb:

  Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) (2016-09-19 16:08:03 -0700)

are available in the git repository at:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux.git tags/usercopy-v4.8-rc8

for you to fetch changes up to aa4f0601115319a52c80f468c8f007e5aa9277cb:

  mm: usercopy: Check for module addresses (2016-09-20 16:07:39 -0700)

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- expand the arm64 vmalloc check to include skipping the module space too

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Laura Abbott (1):
      mm: usercopy: Check for module addresses

 mm/usercopy.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

-- 
Kees Cook
Nexus Security