linux.git/fs, branch v3.3-rc3

nilfs2: avoid overflowing segment numbers in nilfs_ioctl_clean_segments()

2012-02-09T03:03:51+00:00

nsegs is read from userspace.  Limit its value and avoid overflowing nsegs
* sizeof(__u64) in the subsequent call to memdup_user().

This patch complements 481fe17e973fb9 ("nilfs2: potential integer overflow
in nilfs_ioctl_clean_segments()").

Signed-off-by: Xi Wang 
Cc: Haogang Chen 
Acked-by: Ryusuke Konishi 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Merge git://git.samba.org/sfrench/cifs-2.6

2012-02-07T22:07:20+00:00

* git://git.samba.org/sfrench/cifs-2.6:
  cifs: Fix oops in session setup code for null user mounts
  [CIFS] Update cifs Kconfig title to match removal of experimental dependency
  cifs: fix printk format warnings
  cifs: check offset in decode_ntlmssp_challenge()
  cifs: NULL dereference on allocation failure

exec: fix use-after-free bug in setup_new_exec()

2012-02-06T23:15:20+00:00

Setting the task name is done within setup_new_exec() by accessing
bprm->filename. However this happens after flush_old_exec().
This may result in a use after free bug, flush_old_exec() may
"complete" vfork_done, which will wake up the parent which in turn
may free the passed in filename.
To fix this add a new tcomm field in struct linux_binprm which
contains the now early generated task name until it is used.

Fixes this bug on s390:

  Unable to handle kernel pointer dereference at virtual kernel address 0000000039768000
  Process kworker/u:3 (pid: 245, task: 000000003a3dc840, ksp: 0000000039453818)
  Krnl PSW : 0704000180000000 0000000000282e94 (setup_new_exec+0xa0/0x374)
  Call Trace:
  ([<0000000000282e2c>] setup_new_exec+0x38/0x374)
   [<00000000002dd12e>] load_elf_binary+0x402/0x1bf4
   [<0000000000280a42>] search_binary_handler+0x38e/0x5bc
   [<0000000000282b6c>] do_execve_common+0x410/0x514
   [<0000000000282cb6>] do_execve+0x46/0x58
   [<00000000005bce58>] kernel_execve+0x28/0x70
   [<000000000014ba2e>] ____call_usermodehelper+0x102/0x140
   [<00000000005bc8da>] kernel_thread_starter+0x6/0xc
   [<00000000005bc8d4>] kernel_thread_starter+0x0/0xc
  Last Breaking-Event-Address:
   [<00000000002830f0>] setup_new_exec+0x2fc/0x374

  Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception: panic_on_oops

Reported-by: Sebastian Ott 
Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Merge tag 'for-linus-3.3' of git://git.infradead.org/~dwmw2/mtd-3.3

2012-02-04T15:17:47+00:00

 - Fix a regression in 16-bit Atmel NAND flash which was introduced in 3.1
 - Fix breakage with MTD suspend caused by the API rework
 - Fix a problem with resetting the MX28 BCH module
 - A couple of other trivial fixes

* tag 'for-linus-3.3-20120204' of git://git.infradead.org/~dwmw2/mtd-3.3:
  Revert "mtd: atmel_nand: optimize read/write buffer functions"
  mtd: fix MTD suspend
  jffs2: do not initialize variable unnecessarily
  mtd: gpmi-nand bugfix: reset the BCH module when it is not MX23
  mtd: nand: fix typo in comment

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client

2012-02-02T23:47:33+00:00

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client:
  rbd: fix safety of rbd_put_client()
  rbd: fix a memory leak in rbd_get_client()
  ceph: create a new session lock to avoid lock inversion
  ceph: fix length validation in parse_reply_info()
  ceph: initialize client debugfs outside of monc->mutex
  ceph: change "ceph.layout" xattr to be "ceph.file.layout"

cifs: Fix oops in session setup code for null user mounts

2012-02-02T22:59:09+00:00

For null user mounts, do not invoke string length function
during session setup.

Cc: 
Acked-by: Jeff Layton 
Signed-off-by: Shirish Pargaonkar 
Signed-off-by: Steve French

Fix race in process_vm_rw_core

2012-02-02T20:55:17+00:00

This fixes the race in process_vm_core found by Oleg (see

  http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1235667/

for details).

This has been updated since I last sent it as the creation of the new
mm_access() function did almost exactly the same thing as parts of the
previous version of this patch did.

In order to use mm_access() even when /proc isn't enabled, we move it to
kernel/fork.c where other related process mm access functions already
are.

Signed-off-by: Chris Yeoh 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

ceph: create a new session lock to avoid lock inversion

2012-02-02T20:49:19+00:00

Lockdep was reporting a possible circular lock dependency in
dentry_lease_is_valid().  That function needs to sample the
session's s_cap_gen and and s_cap_ttl fields coherently, but needs
to do so while holding a dentry lock.  The s_cap_lock field was
being used to protect the two fields, but that can't be taken while
holding a lock on a dentry within the session.

In most cases, the s_cap_gen and s_cap_ttl fields only get operated
on separately.  But in three cases they need to be updated together.
Implement a new lock to protect the spots updating both fields
atomically is required.

Signed-off-by: Alex Elder 
Reviewed-by: Sage Weil

ceph: fix length validation in parse_reply_info()

2012-02-02T20:49:11+00:00

"len" is read from network and thus needs validation.  Otherwise, given
a bogus "len" value, p+len could be an out-of-bounds pointer, which is
used in further parsing.

Signed-off-by: Xi Wang 
Signed-off-by: Sage Weil

ceph: change "ceph.layout" xattr to be "ceph.file.layout"

2012-02-02T20:48:52+00:00

The virtual extended attribute named "ceph.layout" is meaningful
only for regular files.  Change its name to be "ceph.file.layout" to
more directly reflect that in the ceph xattr namespace.  Preserve
the old "ceph.layout" name for the time being (until we decide it's
safe to get rid of it entirely).

Add a missing initializer for "readonly" in the terminating entry.

Signed-off-by: Alex Elder 
Reviewed-by: Sage Weil