Hi,

It would be useful if the linux-2.6.22-openvz tree included the security
fixes added in the later versions of the 2.6.22 kernel. Notably:

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.22.y.git;a=commitdiff;h=af395d8632d0524be27d8774a1607e68bdb4dd7f
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.22.y.git;a=commitdiff;h=53d06121542c36ec0f0e5504c8358a768e25cb9a

Does the 'frozen' tag preclude including these things? The 2.6.22 kernel is
still described as maintained on the main web site, so it would make sense
to add those fixes.

At the same time, the linux-2.6.18-openvz tree is missing the fs/splice.c
fix for get_iovec_page_array(), WRT the latest local root exploit. There
is no upstream git reference for that, because stable/linux-2.6.18.y.git
appears to be long abandoned, so here's the patch:

--- linux-2.6.18/fs/splice.c~	2008-02-12 00:34:49.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.18/fs/splice.c	2008-02-12 00:34:49.000000000 +0100
@@ -1122,6 +1122,11 @@
 		size_t len;
 		int i;
 
+		if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, iov, sizeof(struct iovec))) {
+			error = -EFAULT;
+			break;
+		}
+
 		/*
 		 * Get user address base and length for this iovec.
 		 */
@@ -1141,6 +1146,11 @@
 		if (unlikely(!base))
 			break;
 
+		if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, base, len)) {
+			error = -EFAULT;
+			break;
+		}
+
 		/*
 		 * Get this base offset and number of pages, then map
 		 * in the user pages.

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