Patch "kaiser: fix unlikely error in alloc_ldt_struct()" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    kaiser: fix unlikely error in alloc_ldt_struct()

to the 4.9-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     kaiser-fix-unlikely-error-in-alloc_ldt_struct.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@vger.kernel.org> know about it.


>From foo@baz Wed Jan  3 20:37:21 CET 2018
From: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 20:13:35 -0800
Subject: kaiser: fix unlikely error in alloc_ldt_struct()

From: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>


An error from kaiser_add_mapping() here is not at all likely, but
Eric Biggers rightly points out that __free_ldt_struct() relies on
new_ldt->size being initialized: move that up.

Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ static struct ldt_struct *alloc_ldt_stru
 
 	ret = kaiser_add_mapping((unsigned long)new_ldt->entries, alloc_size,
 				 __PAGE_KERNEL);
+	new_ldt->size = size;
 	if (ret) {
 		__free_ldt_struct(new_ldt);
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	new_ldt->size = size;
 	return new_ldt;
 }
 


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from hughd@google.com are

queue-4.9/kaiser-vmstat-show-nr_kaisertable-as-nr_overhead.patch
queue-4.9/kaiser-add-nokaiser-boot-option-using-alternative.patch
queue-4.9/kaiser-fix-unlikely-error-in-alloc_ldt_struct.patch
queue-4.9/kaiser-kaiser_flush_tlb_on_return_to_user-check-pcid.patch
queue-4.9/x86-paravirt-dont-patch-flush_tlb_single.patch
queue-4.9/kaiser-merged-update.patch
queue-4.9/kaiser-delete-kaiser_real_switch-option.patch
queue-4.9/kaiser-kaiser_remove_mapping-move-along-the-pgd.patch
queue-4.9/kaiser-fix-perf-crashes.patch
queue-4.9/kaiser-drop-is_atomic-arg-to-kaiser_pagetable_walk.patch
queue-4.9/kaiser-load_new_mm_cr3-let-switch_user_cr3-flush-user.patch
queue-4.9/kaiser-enhanced-by-kernel-and-user-pcids.patch
queue-4.9/kaiser-x86_cr3_pcid_noflush-and-x86_cr3_pcid_user.patch
queue-4.9/kaiser-align-addition-to-x86-mm-makefile.patch
queue-4.9/kaiser-use-alternative-instead-of-x86_cr3_pcid_noflush.patch
queue-4.9/kaiser-stack-map-page_size-at-thread_size-page_size.patch
queue-4.9/kaiser-name-that-0x1000-kaiser_shadow_pgd_offset.patch
queue-4.9/kaiser-fix-regs-to-do_nmi-ifndef-config_kaiser.patch
queue-4.9/kaiser-do-not-set-_page_nx-on-pgd_none.patch
queue-4.9/kaiser-tidied-up-asm-kaiser.h-somewhat.patch
queue-4.9/kaiser-cleanups-while-trying-for-gold-link.patch
queue-4.9/kaiser-tidied-up-kaiser_add-remove_mapping-slightly.patch
queue-4.9/kaiser-fix-build-and-fixme-in-alloc_ldt_struct.patch
queue-4.9/kaiser-kernel-address-isolation.patch
queue-4.9/kaiser-enomem-if-kaiser_pagetable_walk-null.patch
queue-4.9/kaiser-asm-tlbflush.h-handle-nopge-at-lower-level.patch
queue-4.9/kaiser-paranoid_entry-pass-cr3-need-to-paranoid_exit.patch
queue-4.9/kaiser-kaiser-depends-on-smp.patch
queue-4.9/kaiser-pcid-0-for-kernel-and-128-for-user.patch