diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 76c3b6c..adbf6aa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 VERSION = 2
 PATCHLEVEL = 6
 SUBLEVEL = 32
-EXTRAVERSION = .62
+EXTRAVERSION = .63-rc1
 NAME = Man-Eating Seals of Antiquity
 
 # *DOCUMENTATION*
diff --git a/include/linux/ethtool.h b/include/linux/ethtool.h
index 7ffab7cb..3a0fae6 100644
--- a/include/linux/ethtool.h
+++ b/include/linux/ethtool.h
@@ -517,7 +517,9 @@ struct ethtool_ops {
 #define ETHTOOL_GMSGLVL		0x00000007 /* Get driver message level */
 #define ETHTOOL_SMSGLVL		0x00000008 /* Set driver msg level. */
 #define ETHTOOL_NWAY_RST	0x00000009 /* Restart autonegotiation. */
-#define ETHTOOL_GLINK		0x0000000a /* Get link status (ethtool_value) */
+/* Get link status for host, i.e. whether the interface *and* the
+ * physical port (if there is one) are up (ethtool_value). */
+#define ETHTOOL_GLINK		0x0000000a
 #define ETHTOOL_GEEPROM		0x0000000b /* Get EEPROM data */
 #define ETHTOOL_SEEPROM		0x0000000c /* Set EEPROM data. */
 #define ETHTOOL_GCOALESCE	0x0000000e /* Get coalesce config */
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 267e484..b6998ef 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -680,6 +680,22 @@ static enum audit_state audit_filter_task(struct task_struct *tsk, char **key)
 	return AUDIT_BUILD_CONTEXT;
 }
 
+static int audit_in_mask(const struct audit_krule *rule, unsigned long val)
+{
+	int word, bit;
+
+	if (val > 0xffffffff)
+		return false;
+
+	word = AUDIT_WORD(val);
+	if (word >= AUDIT_BITMASK_SIZE)
+		return false;
+
+	bit = AUDIT_BIT(val);
+
+	return rule->mask[word] & bit;
+}
+
 /* At syscall entry and exit time, this filter is called if the
  * audit_state is not low enough that auditing cannot take place, but is
  * also not high enough that we already know we have to write an audit
@@ -697,11 +713,8 @@ static enum audit_state audit_filter_syscall(struct task_struct *tsk,
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	if (!list_empty(list)) {
-		int word = AUDIT_WORD(ctx->major);
-		int bit  = AUDIT_BIT(ctx->major);
-
 		list_for_each_entry_rcu(e, list, list) {
-			if ((e->rule.mask[word] & bit) == bit &&
+			if (audit_in_mask(&e->rule, ctx->major) &&
 			    audit_filter_rules(tsk, &e->rule, ctx, NULL,
 					       &state)) {
 				rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -730,8 +743,6 @@ void audit_filter_inodes(struct task_struct *tsk, struct audit_context *ctx)
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	for (i = 0; i < ctx->name_count; i++) {
-		int word = AUDIT_WORD(ctx->major);
-		int bit  = AUDIT_BIT(ctx->major);
 		struct audit_names *n = &ctx->names[i];
 		int h = audit_hash_ino((u32)n->ino);
 		struct list_head *list = &audit_inode_hash[h];
@@ -740,7 +751,7 @@ void audit_filter_inodes(struct task_struct *tsk, struct audit_context *ctx)
 			continue;
 
 		list_for_each_entry_rcu(e, list, list) {
-			if ((e->rule.mask[word] & bit) == bit &&
+			if (audit_in_mask(&e->rule, ctx->major) &&
 			    audit_filter_rules(tsk, &e->rule, ctx, n, &state)) {
 				rcu_read_unlock();
 				ctx->current_state = state;
diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 9c5ffe1..55dd3d2 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -536,6 +536,55 @@ void exit_pi_state_list(struct task_struct *curr)
 	spin_unlock_irq(&curr->pi_lock);
 }
 
+/*
+ * We need to check the following states:
+ *
+ *      Waiter | pi_state | pi->owner | uTID      | uODIED | ?
+ *
+ * [1]  NULL   | ---      | ---       | 0         | 0/1    | Valid
+ * [2]  NULL   | ---      | ---       | >0        | 0/1    | Valid
+ *
+ * [3]  Found  | NULL     | --        | Any       | 0/1    | Invalid
+ *
+ * [4]  Found  | Found    | NULL      | 0         | 1      | Valid
+ * [5]  Found  | Found    | NULL      | >0        | 1      | Invalid
+ *
+ * [6]  Found  | Found    | task      | 0         | 1      | Valid
+ *
+ * [7]  Found  | Found    | NULL      | Any       | 0      | Invalid
+ *
+ * [8]  Found  | Found    | task      | ==taskTID | 0/1    | Valid
+ * [9]  Found  | Found    | task      | 0         | 0      | Invalid
+ * [10] Found  | Found    | task      | !=taskTID | 0/1    | Invalid
+ *
+ * [1]	Indicates that the kernel can acquire the futex atomically. We
+ *	came came here due to a stale FUTEX_WAITERS/FUTEX_OWNER_DIED bit.
+ *
+ * [2]	Valid, if TID does not belong to a kernel thread. If no matching
+ *      thread is found then it indicates that the owner TID has died.
+ *
+ * [3]	Invalid. The waiter is queued on a non PI futex
+ *
+ * [4]	Valid state after exit_robust_list(), which sets the user space
+ *	value to FUTEX_WAITERS | FUTEX_OWNER_DIED.
+ *
+ * [5]	The user space value got manipulated between exit_robust_list()
+ *	and exit_pi_state_list()
+ *
+ * [6]	Valid state after exit_pi_state_list() which sets the new owner in
+ *	the pi_state but cannot access the user space value.
+ *
+ * [7]	pi_state->owner can only be NULL when the OWNER_DIED bit is set.
+ *
+ * [8]	Owner and user space value match
+ *
+ * [9]	There is no transient state which sets the user space TID to 0
+ *	except exit_robust_list(), but this is indicated by the
+ *	FUTEX_OWNER_DIED bit. See [4]
+ *
+ * [10] There is no transient state which leaves owner and user space
+ *	TID out of sync.
+ */
 static int
 lookup_pi_state(u32 uval, struct futex_hash_bucket *hb,
 		union futex_key *key, struct futex_pi_state **ps)
@@ -551,12 +600,13 @@ lookup_pi_state(u32 uval, struct futex_hash_bucket *hb,
 	plist_for_each_entry_safe(this, next, head, list) {
 		if (match_futex(&this->key, key)) {
 			/*
-			 * Another waiter already exists - bump up
-			 * the refcount and return its pi_state:
+			 * Sanity check the waiter before increasing
+			 * the refcount and attaching to it.
 			 */
 			pi_state = this->pi_state;
 			/*
-			 * Userspace might have messed up non PI and PI futexes
+			 * Userspace might have messed up non-PI and
+			 * PI futexes [3]
 			 */
 			if (unlikely(!pi_state))
 				return -EINVAL;
@@ -564,34 +614,70 @@ lookup_pi_state(u32 uval, struct futex_hash_bucket *hb,
 			WARN_ON(!atomic_read(&pi_state->refcount));
 
 			/*
-			 * When pi_state->owner is NULL then the owner died
-			 * and another waiter is on the fly. pi_state->owner
-			 * is fixed up by the task which acquires
-			 * pi_state->rt_mutex.
-			 *
-			 * We do not check for pid == 0 which can happen when
-			 * the owner died and robust_list_exit() cleared the
-			 * TID.
+			 * Handle the owner died case:
 			 */
-			if (pid && pi_state->owner) {
+			if (uval & FUTEX_OWNER_DIED) {
 				/*
-				 * Bail out if user space manipulated the
-				 * futex value.
+				 * exit_pi_state_list sets owner to NULL and
+				 * wakes the topmost waiter. The task which
+				 * acquires the pi_state->rt_mutex will fixup
+				 * owner.
 				 */
-				if (pid != task_pid_vnr(pi_state->owner))
+				if (!pi_state->owner) {
+					/*
+					 * No pi state owner, but the user
+					 * space TID is not 0. Inconsistent
+					 * state. [5]
+					 */
+					if (pid)
+						return -EINVAL;
+					/*
+					 * Take a ref on the state and
+					 * return. [4]
+					 */
+					goto out_state;
+				}
+
+				/*
+				 * If TID is 0, then either the dying owner
+				 * has not yet executed exit_pi_state_list()
+				 * or some waiter acquired the rtmutex in the
+				 * pi state, but did not yet fixup the TID in
+				 * user space.
+				 *
+				 * Take a ref on the state and return. [6]
+				 */
+				if (!pid)
+					goto out_state;
+			} else {
+				/*
+				 * If the owner died bit is not set,
+				 * then the pi_state must have an
+				 * owner. [7]
+				 */
+				if (!pi_state->owner)
 					return -EINVAL;
 			}
 
+			/*
+			 * Bail out if user space manipulated the
+			 * futex value. If pi state exists then the
+			 * owner TID must be the same as the user
+			 * space TID. [9/10]
+			 */
+			if (pid != task_pid_vnr(pi_state->owner))
+				return -EINVAL;
+
+		out_state:
 			atomic_inc(&pi_state->refcount);
 			*ps = pi_state;
-
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
 
 	/*
 	 * We are the first waiter - try to look up the real owner and attach
-	 * the new pi_state to it, but bail out when TID = 0
+	 * the new pi_state to it, but bail out when TID = 0 [1]
 	 */
 	if (!pid)
 		return -ESRCH;
@@ -599,6 +685,11 @@ lookup_pi_state(u32 uval, struct futex_hash_bucket *hb,
 	if (!p)
 		return -ESRCH;
 
+	if (!p->mm) {
+		put_task_struct(p);
+		return -EPERM;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to look at the task state flags to figure out,
 	 * whether the task is exiting. To protect against the do_exit
@@ -619,6 +710,9 @@ lookup_pi_state(u32 uval, struct futex_hash_bucket *hb,
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * No existing pi state. First waiter. [2]
+	 */
 	pi_state = alloc_pi_state();
 
 	/*
@@ -692,10 +786,18 @@ retry:
 		return -EDEADLK;
 
 	/*
-	 * Surprise - we got the lock. Just return to userspace:
+	 * Surprise - we got the lock, but we do not trust user space at all.
 	 */
-	if (unlikely(!curval))
-		return 1;
+	if (unlikely(!curval)) {
+		/*
+		 * We verify whether there is kernel state for this
+		 * futex. If not, we can safely assume, that the 0 ->
+		 * TID transition is correct. If state exists, we do
+		 * not bother to fixup the user space state as it was
+		 * corrupted already.
+		 */
+		return futex_top_waiter(hb, key) ? -EINVAL : 1;
+	}
 
 	uval = curval;
 
@@ -803,6 +905,7 @@ static int wake_futex_pi(u32 __user *uaddr, u32 uval, struct futex_q *this)
 	struct task_struct *new_owner;
 	struct futex_pi_state *pi_state = this->pi_state;
 	u32 curval, newval;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (!pi_state)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -827,25 +930,21 @@ static int wake_futex_pi(u32 __user *uaddr, u32 uval, struct futex_q *this)
 		new_owner = this->task;
 
 	/*
-	 * We pass it to the next owner. (The WAITERS bit is always
-	 * kept enabled while there is PI state around. We must also
-	 * preserve the owner died bit.)
+	 * We pass it to the next owner. The WAITERS bit is always
+	 * kept enabled while there is PI state around. We cleanup the
+	 * owner died bit, because we are the owner.
 	 */
-	if (!(uval & FUTEX_OWNER_DIED)) {
-		int ret = 0;
+	newval = FUTEX_WAITERS | task_pid_vnr(new_owner);
 
-		newval = FUTEX_WAITERS | task_pid_vnr(new_owner);
-
-		curval = cmpxchg_futex_value_locked(uaddr, uval, newval);
+	curval = cmpxchg_futex_value_locked(uaddr, uval, newval);
 
-		if (curval == -EFAULT)
-			ret = -EFAULT;
-		else if (curval != uval)
-			ret = -EINVAL;
-		if (ret) {
-			spin_unlock(&pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock);
-			return ret;
-		}
+	if (curval == -EFAULT)
+		ret = -EFAULT;
+	else if (curval != uval)
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+	if (ret) {
+		spin_unlock(&pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock);
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&pi_state->owner->pi_lock);
@@ -1122,8 +1221,8 @@ void requeue_pi_wake_futex(struct futex_q *q, union futex_key *key,
  * hb1 and hb2 must be held by the caller.
  *
  * Returns:
- *  0 - failed to acquire the lock atomicly
- *  1 - acquired the lock
+ *  0 - failed to acquire the lock atomically;
+ * >0 - acquired the lock, return value is vpid of the top_waiter
  * <0 - error
  */
 static int futex_proxy_trylock_atomic(u32 __user *pifutex,
@@ -1134,7 +1233,7 @@ static int futex_proxy_trylock_atomic(u32 __user *pifutex,
 {
 	struct futex_q *top_waiter = NULL;
 	u32 curval;
-	int ret;
+	int ret, vpid;
 
 	if (get_futex_value_locked(&curval, pifutex))
 		return -EFAULT;
@@ -1162,11 +1261,13 @@ static int futex_proxy_trylock_atomic(u32 __user *pifutex,
 	 * the contended case or if set_waiters is 1.  The pi_state is returned
 	 * in ps in contended cases.
 	 */
+	vpid = task_pid_vnr(top_waiter->task);
 	ret = futex_lock_pi_atomic(pifutex, hb2, key2, ps, top_waiter->task,
 				   set_waiters);
-	if (ret == 1)
+	if (ret == 1) {
 		requeue_pi_wake_futex(top_waiter, key2, hb2);
-
+		return vpid;
+	}
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1196,10 +1297,16 @@ static int futex_requeue(u32 __user *uaddr1, int fshared, u32 __user *uaddr2,
 	struct futex_hash_bucket *hb1, *hb2;
 	struct plist_head *head1;
 	struct futex_q *this, *next;
-	u32 curval2;
 
 	if (requeue_pi) {
 		/*
+		 * Requeue PI only works on two distinct uaddrs. This
+		 * check is only valid for private futexes. See below.
+		 */
+		if (uaddr1 == uaddr2)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		/*
 		 * requeue_pi requires a pi_state, try to allocate it now
 		 * without any locks in case it fails.
 		 */
@@ -1237,6 +1344,15 @@ retry:
 	if (unlikely(ret != 0))
 		goto out_put_key1;
 
+	/*
+	 * The check above which compares uaddrs is not sufficient for
+	 * shared futexes. We need to compare the keys:
+	 */
+	if (requeue_pi && match_futex(&key1, &key2)) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out_put_keys;
+	}
+
 	hb1 = hash_futex(&key1);
 	hb2 = hash_futex(&key2);
 
@@ -1282,16 +1398,25 @@ retry_private:
 		 * At this point the top_waiter has either taken uaddr2 or is
 		 * waiting on it.  If the former, then the pi_state will not
 		 * exist yet, look it up one more time to ensure we have a
-		 * reference to it.
+		 * reference to it. If the lock was taken, ret contains the
+		 * vpid of the top waiter task.
 		 */
-		if (ret == 1) {
+		if (ret > 0) {
 			WARN_ON(pi_state);
 			drop_count++;
 			task_count++;
-			ret = get_futex_value_locked(&curval2, uaddr2);
-			if (!ret)
-				ret = lookup_pi_state(curval2, hb2, &key2,
-						      &pi_state);
+			/*
+			 * If we acquired the lock, then the user
+			 * space value of uaddr2 should be vpid. It
+			 * cannot be changed by the top waiter as it
+			 * is blocked on hb2 lock if it tries to do
+			 * so. If something fiddled with it behind our
+			 * back the pi state lookup might unearth
+			 * it. So we rather use the known value than
+			 * rereading and handing potential crap to
+			 * lookup_pi_state.
+			 */
+			ret = lookup_pi_state(ret, hb2, &key2, &pi_state);
 		}
 
 		switch (ret) {
@@ -2083,9 +2208,10 @@ retry:
 	/*
 	 * To avoid races, try to do the TID -> 0 atomic transition
 	 * again. If it succeeds then we can return without waking
-	 * anyone else up:
+	 * anyone else up. We only try this if neither the waiters nor
+	 * the owner died bit are set.
 	 */
-	if (!(uval & FUTEX_OWNER_DIED))
+	if (!(uval & ~FUTEX_TID_MASK))
 		uval = cmpxchg_futex_value_locked(uaddr, task_pid_vnr(current), 0);
 
 
@@ -2120,11 +2246,9 @@ retry:
 	/*
 	 * No waiters - kernel unlocks the futex:
 	 */
-	if (!(uval & FUTEX_OWNER_DIED)) {
-		ret = unlock_futex_pi(uaddr, uval);
-		if (ret == -EFAULT)
-			goto pi_faulted;
-	}
+	ret = unlock_futex_pi(uaddr, uval);
+	if (ret == -EFAULT)
+		goto pi_faulted;
 
 out_unlock:
 	spin_unlock(&hb->lock);
@@ -2285,6 +2409,15 @@ static int futex_wait_requeue_pi(u32 __user *uaddr, int fshared,
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_key2;
 
+	/*
+	 * The check above which compares uaddrs is not sufficient for
+	 * shared futexes. We need to compare the keys:
+	 */
+	if (match_futex(&q.key, &key2)) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out_put_keys;
+	}
+
 	/* Queue the futex_q, drop the hb lock, wait for wakeup. */
 	futex_wait_queue_me(hb, &q, to);
 
diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index abbe8fa..f9e7179 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -365,6 +365,20 @@ static int ethtool_nway_reset(struct net_device *dev)
 	return dev->ethtool_ops->nway_reset(dev);
 }
 
+static int ethtool_get_link(struct net_device *dev, char __user *useraddr)
+{
+	struct ethtool_value edata = { .cmd = ETHTOOL_GLINK };
+
+	if (!dev->ethtool_ops->get_link)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	edata.data = netif_running(dev) && dev->ethtool_ops->get_link(dev);
+
+	if (copy_to_user(useraddr, &edata, sizeof(edata)))
+		return -EFAULT;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int ethtool_get_eeprom(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 {
 	struct ethtool_eeprom eeprom;
@@ -1016,8 +1030,7 @@ int dev_ethtool(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr)
 		rc = ethtool_nway_reset(dev);
 		break;
 	case ETHTOOL_GLINK:
-		rc = ethtool_get_value(dev, useraddr, ethcmd,
-				       dev->ethtool_ops->get_link);
+		rc = ethtool_get_link(dev, useraddr);
 		break;
 	case ETHTOOL_GEEPROM:
 		rc = ethtool_get_eeprom(dev, useraddr);
diff --git a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
index e2eaf29..e6bf72c 100644
--- a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
+++ b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ static struct ctl_table netns_core_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.extra1		= &zero,
 		.extra2		= &ushort_max,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.strategy	= &sysctl_intvec
 	},
 	{ .ctl_name = 0 }
 };
diff --git a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
index 910fa54..d957371 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
@@ -241,7 +241,8 @@ static struct ctl_table ipv4_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
 		.extra1		= &tcp_syn_retries_min,
-		.extra2		= &tcp_syn_retries_max
+		.extra2		= &tcp_syn_retries_max,
+		.strategy	= &sysctl_intvec
 	},
 	{
 		.ctl_name	= NET_IPV4_NONLOCAL_BIND,
