[PATCH 6.2 00/12] 6.2.1-rc2 review

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Feb 23 2023 - 09:16:22 EST


This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.2.1 release.
There are 12 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
to this one. If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
let me know.

Responses should be made by Sat, 25 Feb 2023 14:15:30 +0000.
Anything received after that time might be too late.

The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.2.1-rc2.gz
or in the git tree and branch at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.2.y
and the diffstat can be found below.

thanks,

greg k-h

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Pseudo-Shortlog of commits:

Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Linux 6.2.1-rc2

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
bpf: add missing header file include

Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
randstruct: disable Clang 15 support

Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
ext4: Fix function prototype mismatch for ext4_feat_ktype

Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>
platform/x86: nvidia-wmi-ec-backlight: Add force module parameter

Shyam Sundar S K <Shyam-sundar.S-k@xxxxxxx>
platform/x86/amd/pmf: Add depends on CONFIG_POWER_SUPPLY

Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
audit: update the mailing list in MAINTAINERS

Lukas Wunner <lukas@xxxxxxxxx>
wifi: mwifiex: Add missing compatible string for SD8787

Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@xxxxxxxxxx>
HID: mcp-2221: prevent UAF in delayed work

Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
x86/static_call: Add support for Jcc tail-calls

Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
x86/alternatives: Teach text_poke_bp() to patch Jcc.d32 instructions

Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
x86/alternatives: Introduce int3_emulate_jcc()

Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
uaccess: Add speculation barrier to copy_from_user()


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Diffstat:

MAINTAINERS | 2 +-
Makefile | 4 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h | 31 +++++++++++++
arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 62 +++++++++++++++++++-------
arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c | 38 ++++------------
arch/x86/kernel/static_call.c | 50 +++++++++++++++++++--
drivers/hid/hid-mcp2221.c | 3 ++
drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sdio.c | 1 +
drivers/platform/x86/amd/pmf/Kconfig | 1 +
drivers/platform/x86/nvidia-wmi-ec-backlight.c | 6 ++-
fs/ext4/sysfs.c | 7 ++-
include/linux/nospec.h | 4 ++
kernel/bpf/core.c | 3 +-
lib/usercopy.c | 7 +++
security/Kconfig.hardening | 3 ++
15 files changed, 167 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)