linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.2 120/152] sh: fix copy_from

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Date:   Mon, 14 Nov 2016 00:14:07 +0000
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Al Viro" <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: [PATCH 3.2 120/152] sh: fix copy_from_user()

3.2.84-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>

commit 6e050503a150b2126620c1a1e9b3a368fcd51eac upstream.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 arch/sh/include/asm/uaccess.h | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -175,7 +175,10 @@ copy_from_user(void *to, const void __us
 	__kernel_size_t __copy_size = (__kernel_size_t) n;
 
 	if (__copy_size && __access_ok(__copy_from, __copy_size))
-		return __copy_user(to, from, __copy_size);
+		__copy_size = __copy_user(to, from, __copy_size);
+
+	if (unlikely(__copy_size))
+		memset(to + (n - __copy_size), 0, __copy_size);
 
 	return __copy_size;
 }