[20/45] drivers/char/mem.c: avoid OOM lockup during large reads from /dev/zero
2.6.27-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Salman Qazi <sqazi(a)google.com> commit 730c586ad5228c339949b2eb4e72b80ae167abc4 upstream. While running 20 parallel instances of dd as follows: #!/bin/bash for i in `seq 1 20`; do dd if... 30 Mar 2010 20:43
[17/89] inotify: do not reuse watch descriptors
2.6.31-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Eric Paris <eparis(a)redhat.com> commit 9e572cc9877ee6c43af60778f6b8d5ba0692d935 upstream. Since commit 7e790dd5fc937bc8d2400c30a05e32a9e9eef276 ("inotify: fix error paths in inotify_update_watch") inotify... 30 Mar 2010 20:43
[32/45] KVM: x86: check for cr3 validity in ioctl_set_sregs
2.6.27-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti(a)redhat.com> commit 59839dfff5eabca01cc4e20b45797a60a80af8cb upstream. Matt T. Yourst notes that kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_sregs lacks validity checking for the new cr3 value: "... 30 Mar 2010 20:43
[22/89] x86, apic: use physical mode for IBM summit platforms
2.6.31-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha(a)intel.com> commit dfea91d5a7c795fd6f4e1a97489a98e4e767463e upstream. Chris McDermott from IBM confirmed that hurricane chipset in IBM summit platforms doesn't support logic... 30 Mar 2010 20:43
[08/89] CPUFREQ: Fix use after free of struct powernow_k8_data
2.6.31-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Thomas Renninger <trenn(a)suse.de> commit 557a701c16553b0b691dbb64ef30361115a80f64 upstream. Easy fix for a regression introduced in 2.6.31. On managed CPUs the cpufreq.c core will call driver->exit(cpu)... 30 Mar 2010 20:43
[03/89] futex: Handle user space corruption gracefully
2.6.31-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx(a)linutronix.de> commit 51246bfd189064079c54421507236fd2723b18f3 upstream. If the owner of a PI futex dies we fix up the pi_state and set pi_state->owner to NULL. When a malicious or ... 30 Mar 2010 20:43
[33/45] fix LOOKUP_FOLLOW on automount "symlinks"
2.6.27-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Al Viro <viro(a)ZenIV.linux.org.uk> commit ac278a9c505092dd82077a2446af8f9fc0d9c095 upstream. Make sure that automount "symlinks" are followed regardless of LOOKUP_FOLLOW; it should have no effect on them.... 30 Mar 2010 20:43
[16/89] HID: add device IDs for new model of Apple Wireless Keyboard
2.6.31-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Christian Schuerer-Waldheim <csw(a)xray.at> commit 23aeb61e7e1f02fb0f3b8f9e798e75537ca1731d upstream. Added device IDs for the new model of the Apple Wireless Keyboard (November 2009). Signed-off-by: Ch... 30 Mar 2010 20:43
[24/89] ecryptfs: initialize private persistent file before dereferencing pointer
2.6.31-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Erez Zadok <ezk(a)cs.sunysb.edu> commit e27759d7a333d1f25d628c4f7caf845c51be51c2 upstream. Ecryptfs_open dereferences a pointer to the private lower file (the one stored in the ecryptfs inode), without che... 30 Mar 2010 20:43
[19/89] edac: i5000_edac critical fix panic out of bounds
2.6.31-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Tamas Vincze <tom(a)vincze.org> commit 118f3e1afd5534c15f9701f33514186cfc841a27 upstream. EDAC MC0: INTERNAL ERROR: channel-b out of range (4 >= 4) Kernel panic - not syncing: EDAC MC0: Uncorrected Error ... 30 Mar 2010 20:43