WTF: patch "[PATCH] kasan: support use-after-scope detection" was seriously submitted to be applied to the 4.8-stable tree?

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below was submitted to be applied to the 4.8-stable tree.

I fail to see how this patch meets the stable kernel rules as found at
Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt.

I could be totally wrong, and if so, please respond to 
<stable@vger.kernel.org> and let me know why this patch should be
applied.  Otherwise, it is now dropped from my patch queues, never to be
seen again.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

>From 828347f8f9a558cf1af2faa46387a26564f2ac3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 15:54:16 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] kasan: support use-after-scope detection

Gcc revision 241896 implements use-after-scope detection.  Will be
available in gcc 7.  Support it in KASAN.

Gcc emits 2 new callbacks to poison/unpoison large stack objects when
they go in/out of scope.  Implement the callbacks and add a test.

[dvyukov@google.com: v3]
  Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1479998292-144502-1-git-send-email-dvyukov@google.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1479226045-145148-1-git-send-email-dvyukov@google.com
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Acked-by: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@virtuozzo.com>
Cc: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>	[4.0+]
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/lib/test_kasan.c b/lib/test_kasan.c
index 5e51872b3fc1..fbdf87920093 100644
--- a/lib/test_kasan.c
+++ b/lib/test_kasan.c
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 
+/*
+ * Note: test functions are marked noinline so that their names appear in
+ * reports.
+ */
+
 static noinline void __init kmalloc_oob_right(void)
 {
 	char *ptr;
@@ -411,6 +416,29 @@ static noinline void __init copy_user_test(void)
 	kfree(kmem);
 }
 
+static noinline void __init use_after_scope_test(void)
+{
+	volatile char *volatile p;
+
+	pr_info("use-after-scope on int\n");
+	{
+		int local = 0;
+
+		p = (char *)&local;
+	}
+	p[0] = 1;
+	p[3] = 1;
+
+	pr_info("use-after-scope on array\n");
+	{
+		char local[1024] = {0};
+
+		p = local;
+	}
+	p[0] = 1;
+	p[1023] = 1;
+}
+
 static int __init kmalloc_tests_init(void)
 {
 	kmalloc_oob_right();
@@ -436,6 +464,7 @@ static int __init kmalloc_tests_init(void)
 	kasan_global_oob();
 	ksize_unpoisons_memory();
 	copy_user_test();
+	use_after_scope_test();
 	return -EAGAIN;
 }
 
diff --git a/mm/kasan/kasan.c b/mm/kasan/kasan.c
index 70c009741aab..0e9505f66ec1 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/kasan.c
+++ b/mm/kasan/kasan.c
@@ -764,6 +764,25 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__asan_storeN_noabort);
 void __asan_handle_no_return(void) {}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__asan_handle_no_return);
 
+/* Emitted by compiler to poison large objects when they go out of scope. */
+void __asan_poison_stack_memory(const void *addr, size_t size)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Addr is KASAN_SHADOW_SCALE_SIZE-aligned and the object is surrounded
+	 * by redzones, so we simply round up size to simplify logic.
+	 */
+	kasan_poison_shadow(addr, round_up(size, KASAN_SHADOW_SCALE_SIZE),
+			    KASAN_USE_AFTER_SCOPE);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__asan_poison_stack_memory);
+
+/* Emitted by compiler to unpoison large objects when they go into scope. */
+void __asan_unpoison_stack_memory(const void *addr, size_t size)
+{
+	kasan_unpoison_shadow(addr, size);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__asan_unpoison_stack_memory);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
 static int kasan_mem_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
 			unsigned long action, void *data)
diff --git a/mm/kasan/kasan.h b/mm/kasan/kasan.h
index 03f4545b103d..1c260e6b3b3c 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/kasan.h
+++ b/mm/kasan/kasan.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #define KASAN_STACK_MID         0xF2
 #define KASAN_STACK_RIGHT       0xF3
 #define KASAN_STACK_PARTIAL     0xF4
+#define KASAN_USE_AFTER_SCOPE   0xF8
 
 /* Don't break randconfig/all*config builds */
 #ifndef KASAN_ABI_VERSION
diff --git a/mm/kasan/report.c b/mm/kasan/report.c
index 24c1211fe9d5..073325aedc68 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/report.c
+++ b/mm/kasan/report.c
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ static void print_error_description(struct kasan_access_info *info)
 	case KASAN_KMALLOC_FREE:
 		bug_type = "use-after-free";
 		break;
+	case KASAN_USE_AFTER_SCOPE:
+		bug_type = "use-after-scope";
+		break;
 	}
 
 	pr_err("BUG: KASAN: %s in %pS at addr %p\n",