+ missing-__user-in-pointer-referenced-within-copy_from_user.patch added to -mm tree

+ missing-__user-in-pointer-referenced-within-copy_from_user.patch added to -mm tree

[akpm]

The patch titled
     Missing __user in pointer referenced within copy_from_user
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     missing-__user-in-pointer-referenced-within-copy_from_user.patch

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Subject: Missing __user in pointer referenced within copy_from_user
From: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>

Pointers to user data should be marked with a __user hint.  This one is
missing.

Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 fs/proc/base.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN fs/proc/base.c~missing-__user-in-pointer-referenced-within-copy_from_user fs/proc/base.c
--- a/fs/proc/base.c~missing-__user-in-pointer-referenced-within-copy_from_user
+++ a/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ out_no_task:
 
 #ifndef mem_write
 /* This is a security hazard */
-static ssize_t mem_write(struct file * file, const char * buf,
+static ssize_t mem_write(struct file * file, const char __user *buf,
 			 size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	int copied;
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from gcosta@redhat.com are

missing-__user-in-pointer-referenced-within-copy_from_user.patch