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asm-generic: make copy_from_user() zero the destination properly
authorAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Wed, 17 Aug 2016 20:36:37 +0000 (16:36 -0400)
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Fri, 9 Sep 2016 23:34:32 +0000 (19:34 -0400)
commit2545e5da080b4839dd859e3b09343a884f6ab0e3
treeaebbe4cb83704b6a7c09b590adc3e1dd84fc139dtree | snapshot
parent2561d309dfd1555e781484af757ed0115035ddb3commit | diff
asm-generic: make copy_from_user() zero the destination properly

... in all cases, including the failing access_ok()

Note that some architectures using asm-generic/uaccess.h have
__copy_from_user() not zeroing the tail on failure halfway
through.  This variant works either way.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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