[PATCH 4.4 110/118] metag: copy_from_user() should zero the destination on access_ok() failure

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Sep 22 2016 - 14:55:14 EST


4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 8ae95ed4ae5fc7c3391ed668b2014c9e2079533b upstream.

Acked-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
arch/metag/include/asm/uaccess.h | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/metag/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/metag/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -204,8 +204,9 @@ extern unsigned long __must_check __copy
static inline unsigned long
copy_from_user(void *to, const void __user *from, unsigned long n)
{
- if (access_ok(VERIFY_READ, from, n))
+ if (likely(access_ok(VERIFY_READ, from, n)))
return __copy_user_zeroing(to, from, n);
+ memset(to, 0, n);
return n;
}